SB 1140: Bob Byram Nursing Home Care Reform
GENERAL BILL by Brown-Waite ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Campbell ; Meek
Bob Byram Nursing Home Care Reform; (THIS BILL COMBINED IN CS/S834,1140,1612) creates "Bob Byram Nursing Home Care Reform Act"; provides for user-friendly poster of residents' rights; provides minimum staffing requirements; prohibits willful interference with unannounced required inspections of facility; provides that identity of person reporting adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation may be released to Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, etc. Amends FS. APPROPRIATION: $30,000.
Effective Date: 10/01/1999
Last Action: 3/17/1999 Senate - CS combines this bill with 834 & 1612; Comm. Action: CS by Health, Aging and Long-Term Care -SJ 00310; Original bill laid on Table, refer to combined CS/CS/SB 834 (Laid on Table in Senate); Refer to HB 1971 (Ch. 99-394)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 3/17/1999 Senate - CS combines this bill with 834 & 1612; Comm. Action: CS by Health, Aging and Long-Term Care -SJ 00310; Original bill laid on Table, refer to combined CS/CS/SB 834 (Laid on Table in Senate); Refer to HB 1971 (Ch. 99-394)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/10/1999 | Senate |
• Prefiled |
| 3/2/1999 | Senate |
• Introduced, referred to Health, Aging and Long-Term Care; Fiscal Policy -SJ 00076 |
| 3/12/1999 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, 03/17/99, 1:00 pm, Room-110S |
| 3/17/1999 | Senate |
• CS combines this bill with 834 & 1612; Comm. Action: CS by Health, Aging and Long-Term Care -SJ 00310; Original bill laid on Table, refer to combined CS/CS/SB 834 (Laid on Table in Senate); Refer to HB 1971 (Ch. 99-394) |