CHAPTER NUMBER: 232
File Code: Health Care Facilities and Regulation
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 1320/05 - HGO
- Sponsored By:
-
Chairman, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental -
Health and Mental Hygiene)
- Entitled:
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Health Care Facilities and Laboratories - Accreditation Organizations
and Deeming
Defining the term "health care facility" for the purpose of specified
licensing, accreditation, and regulatory provisions so as to include
specified hospitals, health maintenance organizations, freestanding
ambulatory care facilities, assisted living facilities, laboratories,
home health agencies, and residential treatment centers; requiring
specified accreditation organizations to apply to the Secretary of
Health and Mental Hygiene for approval; etc.
Senate Action
- 1/16
- First Reading Finance
- Motion Rules Suspended Referred (Senator Green) Adopted
- Referred Finance
- 1/18
- Hearing 2/2 at 1:45 p.m.
- 1/23
- Hearing cancelled
- Hearing 2/2 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/20
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 2/21
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Senator Middleton) Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 2/23
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- 4/7
- Senate Concur - House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- Passed Enrolled
House Action
- 2/24
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 3/15
- Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/7
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 4/4
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/6
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (139-0)
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 5/2
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 232
Sponsored by:
- Finance Comm., Chairman
- Departmental
- Health & Mental Hygiene, Department of
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ASSISTED LIVING -see also- GROUP HOMES
- CLINICS
- DISCLOSURE
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN CARE ORGS
- HOME CARE SERVICES -see also- RESPITE CARE
- HOSPITALS -see also- CLINICS; STATE HOSPITALS
- INSPECTIONS -see also- MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION
- LABORATORIES
- LICENSES -see also- ALCOHOLIC BEV LIC; DRIVERS' LICENSES
- PATIENTS
- PUBLIC INFORMATION
- REPORTS
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- SAFETY -see also- OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
17-202 ,
19-308 ,
19-309 ,
19-3B-03 ,
19-319 ,
19-323 ,
19-360 ,
19-404 ,
19-705.1 ,
19-1204 ,
19-1207 ,
19-1805 ,
19-2301 ,
19-2302
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
Senate
- Number: 257573/01 (PDF) Offered on: February 22, 2006 at:
9:01 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 743423/01 (PDF) Offered on: February 22, 2006 at:
9:00 p.m. Status: Adopted
House
- Number: 476480/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 7, 2006 at:
4:20 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
- February 23, 2006: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- April 7, 2006: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
House
- April 6, 2006: Third Reading Passed (139-0)