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CS/HB 255: Nursing Homes

GENERAL BILL by Council for Healthy Communities ; Carassas ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Fasano ; Meadows ; Lynn ; Davis

Nursing Homes; revises membership & terms of office of Governor's Panel on Excellence in Long-Term Care; provides for selection of panel chairperson; provides conditions under which prohibition against payment of referral fees by assisted living facilities does not apply; authorizes AHCA to adopt rules; provides that certain penalties for patient brokering do not apply under such conditions. Amends 400.235,.4195, 817.505.

Effective Date: Upon becoming law
Last Action: 3/18/2002 House - Substituted CS/SB 276 (Vetoed by Governor); Laid on Table -HJ 02031
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
10/17/2001 House • Prefiled
11/6/2001 House • Referred to Education Appropriations (FRC); Fiscal Responsibility Council; Council for Healthy Communities
11/15/2001 House • Withdrawn from Education Appropriations (FRC); Fiscal Responsibility Council; Council for Healthy Communities; Rereferred to Elder & Long-Term Care (HCC); Fiscal Responsibility Council; Council for Healthy Communities
12/20/2001 House • On Committee agenda-- Elder & Long-Term Care (HCC), 01/08/02, 2:45 pm, 214-C
1/8/2002 House • Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Elder & Long-Term Care (HCC); YEAS 10 NAYS 0
1/16/2002 House • Now in Fiscal Responsibility Council
1/22/2002 House • Introduced, referred to Elder & Long-Term Care (HCC); Fiscal Responsibility Council; Council for Healthy Communities -HJ 00024; On Committee agenda-- Elder & Long-Term Care (HCC), 01/08/02, 2:45 pm, 214-C; Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Elder & Long-Term Care (HCC); YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -HJ 00081; Now in Fiscal Responsibility Council -HJ 00081
2/7/2002 House • On Council agenda-- Fiscal Responsibility Council, 02/11/02, 2:45 pm, 212-K
2/11/2002 House • Favorable by Fiscal Responsibility Council; YEAS 24 NAYS 0 -HJ 00225
2/12/2002 House • Now in Council for Healthy Communities -HJ 00225
2/22/2002 House • On Council agenda-- Council for Healthy Communities, 02/26/02, 8:00 am, Reed Hall
2/26/2002 House • CS by- Council for Healthy Communities; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 -HJ 00859
3/6/2002 House • CS read first time on 03/06/02 -HJ 00853; Pending review of CS under Rule 6 -HJ 00859; Placed on Calendar -HJ 00859
3/12/2002 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read second time -HJ 01048
3/18/2002 House • Substituted CS/SB 276 (Vetoed by Governor); Laid on Table -HJ 02031