| 1 | Representative(s) Sansom offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with directory and title amendments) |
| 4 | Remove line(s) 133-142 and insert: |
| 5 | for Health Care Administration, shall develop outcome measures |
| 6 | to determine the quality and effectiveness of hospice care for |
| 7 | hospices licensed in the state. At a minimum, these outcome |
| 8 | measures shall include a requirement that 50 percent of patients |
| 9 | who report severe pain on a 0-to-10 scale must report a |
| 10 | reduction to 5 or less by the end of the 4th day of care on the |
| 11 | hospice program. |
| 12 | (2) For hospices licensed in the state, the Department of |
| 13 | Elderly Affairs, in conjunction with the Agency for Health Care |
| 14 | Administration, shall: |
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| 18 | Remove line(s) 24 and 25 and insert: |
| 19 | conjunction with the agency, to develop certain outcome |
| 20 | measures; providing |