CHAPTER NUMBER: 349
File Code: Health Care Facilities and Regulation
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 343
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Murray, Dumais, Kaiser, King, Lee, Madaleno,
Montgomery, Petzold, Taylor,
Hurson, Hammen, Benson, Boteler, Boutin, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue,
Elliott, Goldwater, Hubbard, Kach, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim,
Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Smigiel,
V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled:
-
Health Facilities - Nursing Homes - Family Council
Providing for the composition of a family council; authorizing a
family council to be created or led by the owner, operator, or staff
of a nursing home under specified circumstances; requiring a nursing
home to give new and prospective residents specified information about
a family council in the nursing home; requiring the nursing home to
respond in writing to any written grievance or other communication
from the family council within 14 calendar days after receiving a
communication; etc.
House Action
- 2/2
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 2/4
- Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/1
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 3/2
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/4
- Third Reading Passed (138-0)
- 3/31
- Returned Passed
- 5/11
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 349
Senate Action
- 3/5
- First Reading Finance
- 3/10
- Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/30
- Favorable Report by Finance
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/31
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Gareth E. Murray, District 20
- Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
- Delegate Joseph C. Boteler, III, District 8
- Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34A
- Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8
- Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B
- Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
- Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15
- Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
- Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
- Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
- Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
- Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18
- Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
- Delegate Anne R. Kaiser, District 14
- Delegate Nancy J. King, District 39
- Delegate Susan C. Lee, District 16
- Delegate Richard S. Madaleno, Jr., District 18
- Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
- Delegate Pat McDonough, District 7
- Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
- Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
- Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
- Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
- Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
- Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19
- Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41
- Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 34B
- Delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr., District 36
- Delegate Herman L. Taylor, Jr., District 14
- Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
- Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- AGING, DEPARTMENT OF
- CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES
- DISCLOSURE
- NURSING HOMES -see also- CONTINUING CARE; LONG TERM CARE
- OMBUDSMEN
- PRIVACY
- RECORDS -see also- LAND RECORDS; VITAL RECORDS
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Article - 70B Department of Aging
- (
5 ,
5
)
- Health - General
- (
19-1415 ,
19-1415
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 146483/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 2, 2004 at:
10:30 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- March 4, 2004: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
- Senate
- March 31, 2004: Third Reading Passed (47-0)