File Code: Public Health
- Sponsored By:
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Delegates Arora, Cullison, Hucker, Kramer, Reznik, B. Robinson, Valderrama,
Walker, and Wilson
- Entitled:
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Health and State Government - Falls by Senior Citizens - Awareness and
Prevention (Senior Falls Prevention Act)
Requiring the Governor to proclaim each year the last full week in
September as Fall Prevention Awareness Week; and requiring the
Secretary of Aging and the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, on
or before January 1, 2013, to develop a statewide protocol for home
safety inspections for senior citizens who are discharged from the
hospital following a fall, with the aim of reducing future fall-
related readmissions, and to submit the protocol to the General
Assembly.
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House Action
- 2/8
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 2/15
- Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/29
- Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn
Senate Action
- No Action
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Sam Arora, District 19
- Delegate Bonnie Cullison, District 19
- Delegate Tom Hucker, District 20
- Delegate Benjamin F. Kramer, District 19
- Delegate Kirill Reznik, District 39
- Delegate Barbara Robinson, District 40
- Delegate Kriselda Valderrama, District 26
- Delegate Jay Walker, District 26
- Delegate C. T. Wilson, District 28
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Aging, Department of
- Elderly Persons
- Governor
- Health -see also- Mental Health
- Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of
- Holidays and Special Dates
- Housing -see also- Apartments; Condos; Mobile & Manuf Homes
- Inspections -see also- Motor Vehicle Inspection
- Patients
- Safety -see also- Occupational Safety
Bill affects the following Statute:
- State Government
- (
13-601
)
All documents except Roll Call Votes are
displayed in PDF format:
- Bill Text:
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal and Policy Note:
Available
- Amendments:
None offered
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Committee Votes :
House
- Health and Government Operations
