CHAPTER NUMBER: 219
EMERGENCY BILL
File Code: Health Care Facilities and Regulation
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 634
- Sponsored By:
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Senators Collins, Hollinger, and Teitelbaum (Task Force on
Quality of Care in Nursing Homes)
- Entitled:
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Nursing Homes - Sanctions and Penalties
Authorizing the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to impose
specified sanctions for specified deficiencies found in nursing homes;
establishing the burden of proof in the imposition of fines;
establishing specified monetary penalties for specified deficiencies;
repealing specified provisions of law relating to notice requirements
and appeals; authorizing the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
to appoint an independent monitor for specified purposes; establishing
a Health Care Quality Account; etc.
Senate Action
- 2/4
- First Reading Finance
- 2/8
- Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/16
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 3/17
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/21
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- 4/4
- Senate Concur - House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/11
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 219
House Action
- 3/22
- First Reading Environmental Matters
- 3/23
- Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/4
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters
- 3/31
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/1
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (139-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Michael J. Collins, District 6
- Senator Paula C. Hollinger, District 11
- Nursing Facilities, T.F.on Quality of Care in
- Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS, OFFICE OF
- APPEALS -see also- JUDICIAL REVIEW
- ESCROW ACCOUNTS
- FINES
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- HEARINGS
- INSPECTIONS -see also- MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION
- INVESTIGATIONS AND INQUIRIES -see also- CRIM BCKGRND INVEST.
- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
- NOTICES
- NURSING HOMES -see also- CONTINUING CARE; LONG TERM CARE
- PENALTIES
- REPORTS
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-1401 ,
19-1402 ,
19-1403 ,
19-1404 ,
19-1405 ,
19-1405 ,
19-1406 ,
19-1406 ,
19-1407 ,
19-1407 ,
19-1408 ,
19-1409
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 297476/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 17, 2000 at:
1:08 p.m. Status: Adopted
- House
- Number: 170515/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 4, 2000 at:
10:45 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- March 21, 2000: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- April 4, 2000: Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- House
- April 1, 2000: Third Reading Passed (139-0)