The Florida Senate

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.

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• 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)

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• SB 1140, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 8/28/2000 at 9:55 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (6)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 651	Bob Byram Nursing Home Care Reform	Crist	Identical	Last Action: 4/30/1999 H Died in Committee on Elder Affairs & Long-Term Care (HFC), Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to HB 1971 (Ch. 99-394) Location:
  S 942	Nursing Home Quality Improvement Act	Gutman	Similar	Last Action: 4/30/1999 S Died in Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to HB 1971 (Ch. 99-394) Location:
  H 1503	Nursing Home Quality Care Act	Barreiro	Compare	Last Action: 4/30/1999 H Died in Committee on Elder Affairs & Long-Term Care (HFC), Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to HB 1971 (Ch. 99-394) Location:
  H 1971 (e1)		Crist	Compare	Last Action: 6/18/1999 Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 99-394 Location:
  S 834 (e1)	Nursing Home Facilities	Meek	Compare	Last Action: 4/29/1999 S Reconsidered -SJ 01436; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 01436; House Bill substituted -SJ 01437; Laid on Table, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to HB 1971 (Ch. 99-394) Location:
  S 1612	Health Care	Meek	Compare	Last Action: 3/17/1999 S CS combines this bill with 834 & 1140; 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) Location:

  Citations - Statutes (16)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  394.4625	Voluntary admissions.
  400.0115
  400.022	Residents' rights.
  400.0231	Patient records; penalties for alteration.
  400.0255	Resident hearings of facility decisions to transfer or discharge.
  400.063	Resident Protection Trust Fund.
  400.121	Denial, suspension, revocation of license; moratorium on admissions; administrative fines; procedure.
  400.151	Contracts.
  400.162	Property and personal affairs of residents.
  400.23	Rules; criteria; Nursing Home Advisory Committee; evaluation and rating system; fee for review of plans.
  400.241	Prohibited acts; penalties for violations.
  400.29	Annual report of nursing home facilities.
  415.107	Confidentiality of reports and records.
  435.03	Level 1 screening standards.
  435.04	Level 2 screening standards.
  825.1035

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