File Code: Health Care Facilities and Regulation
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 484
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Pinsky, Astle, Britt, Dyson, Grosfeld, Hughes, Stone,
and Teitelbaum
- 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.
Senate Action
- 2/3
- First Reading Finance
- 2/11
- Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/13
- Hearing cancelled
- Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/5
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/9
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- 4/7
- Returned Passed
- 5/26
- Governor vetoed - Cross-filed bill was signed
House Action
- 3/10
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 3/17
- Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/7
- Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations
- 4/3
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/4
- Third Reading Passed (141-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Paul G. Pinsky, District 22
- Senator John C. Astle, District 30
- Senator Gwendolyn Britt, District 47
- Senator Roy P. Dyson, District 29
- Senator Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
- Senator Ralph M. Hughes, District 40
- Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 6
- Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
- 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
- PATIENTS
- 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:
- Senate
- Number: 267977/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 5, 2004 at:
11:36 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- March 9, 2004: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- House
- April 4, 2004: Third Reading Passed (141-0)