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CS/CS/CS/SB 1202: Long-term-care Facilities

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations ; Judiciary ; Health, Aging and Long-Term Care ; Brown-Waite ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Holzendorf

Long-term-care Facilities; clarifies duties of local ombudsman councils re inspections of nursing homes & long-term-care facilities; requires AHCA & Office of Attorney General to study use of electronic monitoring devices in nursing homes; provides for election of survival damages, wrongful death damages, or recovery for negligence; prescribes limits on amount of punitive damages; provides for division of punitive damages, etc. Amends FS. APPROPRIATION: $16,223,557.

Effective Date: 05/15/2001 except as otherwise provided
 Last Action: 5/15/2001 - Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2001-45; See also SB 1200 (Ch. 2001-44), HB 1861 (Ch. 2001-205), CS/CS/SB 792 (Ch. 2001-104)
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/28/2001 Senate • Prefiled
3/1/2001 Senate • Referred to Health, Aging and Long-Term Care; Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
3/6/2001 Senate • Introduced, referred to Health, Aging and Long-Term Care; Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 00058; On Committee agenda-- Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, 03/08/01, 2:00 pm, 110-S --Temporarily postponed
3/9/2001 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, 03/14/01, 12:15 pm, 110-S
3/14/2001 Senate • CS by Health, Aging and Long-Term Care; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 00149; CS read first time on 03/16/01 -SJ 00181
3/16/2001 Senate • Now in Judiciary -SJ 00149
3/22/2001 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/27/01, 2:00 pm, 412-K --Temporarily postponed
3/30/2001 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/04/01, 1:30 pm, 412-K --Temporarily postponed
4/5/2001 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/10/01, 8:00 am, 412-K
4/10/2001 Senate • CS/CS by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 1 -SJ 00396; CS read first time on 04/18/01 -SJ 00399
4/11/2001 Senate • Withdrawn from- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services -SJ 00313
4/13/2001 Senate • Now in Appropriations -SJ 00396; On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/18/01, 9:00 am, 412-K
4/18/2001 Senate • CS/CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 20 NAYS 1 -SJ 00447; CS read first time on 04/20/01 -SJ 00448
4/20/2001 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on second reading -SJ 00447
4/26/2001 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00465; Read second time -SJ 00533; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 00534, -SJ 00539; Ordered engrossed -SJ 00543
4/27/2001 Senate • Read third time -SJ 00554; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 00555; CS passed as amended; YEAS 33 NAYS 5 -SJ 00555; Immediately certified -SJ 00555
4/27/2001 House • In Messages
4/30/2001 House • Received, placed on Calendar, on second reading -HJ 01396; Read second time -HJ 01397; Temporarily postponed on second reading; On Unfinished Business -HJ 01397
5/1/2001 House • Was taken up -HJ 01448; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 01450
5/2/2001 House • Read third time -HJ 01529; Motion to reconsider failed -HJ 01530; CS passed as amended; YEAS 112 NAYS 8 -HJ 01531
5/2/2001 Senate • In returning messages
5/4/2001 Senate • Was taken up -SJ 01589; Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) adopted -SJ 01617; Concurred in House amendment(s) as amended -SJ 01644; Requested House to concur -SJ 01644; CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 01644
5/4/2001 House • In returning messages; Was taken up -HJ 02266; Concurred -HJ 02267; CS passed as amended; YEAS 109 NAYS 8 -HJ 02295
5/4/2001 Senate • Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -SJ 02118
5/14/2001 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
5/15/2001 • Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2001-45; See also SB 1200 (Ch. 2001-44), HB 1861 (Ch. 2001-205), CS/CS/SB 792 (Ch. 2001-104)