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HB 493: Licensure/Nursing Homes & Related Facilities

GENERAL BILL by Murzin ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Homan ; Troutman

Licensure/Nursing Homes & Related Facilities; Provides condition for actions brought on behalf of nursing home residents under certain alternative theory of recovery; prohibits certain actions or admissions from being admitted as evidence in liability actions; requires evidentiary hearing to determine basis for punitive damages; provides conditions under which facility is not liable for failure to provide adequate staffing, etc.

Effective Date: 07/01/2009
Last Action: 5/2/2009 House - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Committee on Elder & Family Services Policy (HFPC)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/20/2009 House • Filed
2/12/2009 House • Referred to Elder & Family Services Policy (HFPC); Civil Justice & Courts Policy (CCJP); Health & Family Services Policy Council
3/3/2009 House • Introduced, referred to Elder & Family Services Policy (HFPC); Civil Justice & Courts Policy (CCJP); Health & Family Services Policy Council -HJ 00046
5/2/2009 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Committee on Elder & Family Services Policy (HFPC)