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HB 1971: Nursing Home Facilities

GENERAL BILL by Elder Affairs & Long-Term Care ; Argenziano ; Crist ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Fiorentino ; Sobel ; Kosmas ; Levine ; Reddick ; Bilirakis ; Littlefield ; Russell ; Jacobs ; Bitner ; Murman ; Fasano ; Barreiro ; Ritter ; Trovillion ; Effman ; Brown ; Eggelletion ; Byrd ; Peaden ; Dockery ; Miller ; Putnam ; Ball ; Bense ; Detert ; Wiles ; Brummer ; Bloom ; Heyman ; Flanagan ; Valdes

Nursing Home Facilities; establishes additional memory disorder clinic; requires State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Office to establish statewide toll-free telephone number; provides certificate-of-need preference for Gold Seal licensees; requires that AHCA implement pilot project for establishing teaching nursing homes; authorizes teaching nursing home to be affiliated with medical school within State University System; creates panel on Medicaid reimbursement, etc. Amends FS. APPROPRIATION: $9,926,642.

Effective Date: 07/01/1999 except as otherwise provided
Last Action: 6/18/1999 - Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 99-394
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
3/19/1999 House • Filed
3/24/1999 House • Introduced -HJ 00364
3/29/1999 House • Referred to Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00477
4/19/1999 House • On Committee agenda-- Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC), 04/20/99, 4:00 pm, Reed Hall
4/20/1999 House • Comm. Action:-Unanimously Favorable with 5 amendment(s) by Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00752
4/21/1999 House • Placed on calendar, available for General Calendar -HJ 00752
4/22/1999 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar
4/23/1999 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read second time -HJ 01043; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 01044; Amendment pending --Temporarily postponed -HJ 01045
4/27/1999 House • Amendment pending --Temporarily postponed -HJ 01460
4/28/1999 House • Pending amendment withdrawn -HJ 01628; Amendment(s) failed -HJ 01629; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 01629; Amendment(s) reconsidered, substitute amendment adopted -HJ 01630; Read third time -HJ 01630; Passed as amended; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 -HJ 01630
4/28/1999 Senate • In Messages
4/29/1999 Senate • Received, referred to Health, Aging and Long-Term Care; Fiscal Policy -SJ 01629; Immediately withdrawn from Health, Aging and Long-Term Care; Fiscal Policy -SJ 01436; Substituted for CS/CS/SB 834 -SJ 01437; Read second time -SJ 01437; Read third time -SJ 01605; Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 01605
4/29/1999 House • Ordered enrolled -HJ 01890
6/4/1999 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
6/18/1999 • Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 99-394