File Code: Health Care Facilities and Regulation
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Ali, Benson, Braveboy, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue,
Griffith, Gutierrez, Hubbard, Hucker, Kipke, McDonough, Montgomery,
Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Reznik, Robinson, Tarrant, V. Turner, Valderrama, Weldon,
Elliott, Hammen, Kullen, Morhaim, and Pendergrass
- Entitled:
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Nursing Homes - Safe Patient Lifting
Requiring nursing homes to establish a safe patient lifting workgroup
composed of specified members on or before December 1, 2008; requiring
the workgroup to establish a safe patient lifting policy on or before
July 1, 2009; requiring the workgroup to consider specified factors
while developing a safe patient lifting policy; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occuring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 1/31
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 2/6
- Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/4
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 3/5
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/7
- Third Reading Passed (134-0)
- 3/28
- Returned Passed
Senate Action
- 3/10
- First Reading Finance
- 3/18
- Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/31
- Favorable Report by Finance
- 3/28
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/29
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 4/8
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 80
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk, District 21
- Delegate Saqib Ali, District 39
- Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
- Delegate Aisha N. Braveboy, District 25
- Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8
- Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B
- Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
- Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
- Delegate Melony G. Griffith, District 25
- Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18
- Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
- Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
- Delegate Tom Hucker, District 20
- Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke, District 31
- Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B
- 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 Kirill Reznik, District 39
- Delegate Barbara Robinson, District 40
- Delegate Shawn Z. Tarrant, District 40
- Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
- Delegate Kriselda Valderrama, District 26
- Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Committees and Commissions -see also- Political Committees
- Equipment -see also- Motor Vehicle Equipment
- Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations
- Nurses
- Nursing Homes -see also- Continuing Care; Long Term Care
- Occupational Safety
- Patients
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-1401 ,
19-1410.1
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
House
- Number: 546986/01 Offered on: March 5, 2008 at:
10:17 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 7, 2008: Third Reading Passed (134-0)
Senate
- March 29, 2008: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
