CHAPTER NUMBER: 215
File Code: Health Care Facilities and Regulation
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 749
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Collins, Hollinger, and Teitelbaum (Task Force on
Quality of Care in Nursing Homes)
- Entitled:
-
Nursing Homes - Quality of Care - Inspections
Requiring the Office of Health Care Quality in the Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene to make a site visit and a full survey of
each licensed nursing home at least two times per year; exempting
specified nursing homes from specified site visits and surveys under
specified circumstances; and requiring all surveys to be unannounced.
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
- Returned Passed
- 5/11
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 215
House Action
- 3/22
- First Reading Environmental Matters
- 3/23
- Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/4
- Favorable Report by Environmental Matters
- 3/31
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/1
- Third Reading Passed (138-0)
- 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:
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- INSPECTIONS -see also- MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION
- NURSING HOMES -see also- CONTINUING CARE; LONG TERM CARE
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Health - General
- (
19-1410
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 587072/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 17, 2000 at:
1:04 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Vote (Legislative date is shown):
- Senate
- March 21, 2000: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- House
- April 1, 2000: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
