HB 651: Bob Byram Nursing Home Care Reform
GENERAL BILL by Crist ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Futch ; Crady ; Kilmer ; Healey ; Andrews ; Bradley ; Crow ; Fasano ; Peaden ; Bullard ; Turnbull ; Betancourt ; Boyd ; Wallace ; Feeney ; Diaz de la Portilla ; Green ; Rojas ; Patterson ; Russell ; Lacasa ; Alexander
Bob Byram Nursing Home Care Reform; creates "Bob Byram Nursing Home Care Reform Act"; revises rights of residents of nursing home facilities & provides additional 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.
Last Action: 4/30/1999 House - Died in Committee on Elder Affairs & Long-Term Care (HFC), Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to HB 1971 (Ch. 99-394)
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Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/9/1999 | House |
• Prefiled |
| 2/12/1999 | House |
• Referred to Elder Affairs & Long-Term Care (HFC); Judiciary (CJC); Governmental Rules & Regulations (PRC); Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC) |
| 3/2/1999 | House |
• Introduced, referred to Elder Affairs & Long-Term Care (HFC); Judiciary (CJC); Governmental Rules & Regulations (PRC); Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00060 |
| 4/30/1999 | House |
• Died in Committee on Elder Affairs & Long-Term Care (HFC), Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to HB 1971 (Ch. 99-394) |