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SB 594: Veterans' Homes

GENERAL BILL by Brown-Waite

Veterans' Homes; includes extended congregate care in types of care offered by domiciliary home; revises prerequisites to eligibility for admission to domiciliary home; conforms cross-reference; replaces term "member" with term "resident"; revises list of information about each resident which is to be kept in general register; amends residency requirement for admission into Veterans' Nursing Home of Florida, etc. Amends Ch. 296.

Effective Date: Upon becoming law
Last Action: 4/2/1998 Senate - Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00343; Read second time -SJ 00371; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 00371; House Bill substituted -SJ 00371; Laid on Table, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to HB 1649 (Ch. 98-16)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/6/1998 Senate • Prefiled
1/23/1998 Senate • Referred to Community Affairs; Ways and Means
2/9/1998 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/17/98, 9:00 am, Room-309C
2/17/1998 Senate • Comm. Action: Favorable by Community Affairs; Now in Ways and Means
3/3/1998 Senate • Introduced, referred to Community Affairs; Ways and Means -SJ 00042; On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/17/98, 9:00 am, Room-309C; Comm. Action: Favorable by Community Affairs -SJ 00007; Now in Ways and Means -SJ 00007
3/5/1998 Senate • Withdrawn from Ways and Means -SJ 00114; Placed on Calendar
4/1/1998 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00343
4/2/1998 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00343; Read second time -SJ 00371; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 00371; House Bill substituted -SJ 00371; Laid on Table, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to HB 1649 (Ch. 98-16)