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CS/HB 7133: Quality Improvement Initiatives for Entities Regulated by the Agency for Health Care Administration

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations Committee ; Health and Human Services Committee ; Gonzalez ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Campbell

Quality Improvement Initiatives for Entities Regulated by the Agency for Health Care Administration; Provides responsibilities of DCFS & mental health service providers for mental health residents who reside in ALFs; provides for imposition of contract penalties on Medicaid prepaid health plans & mental health service providers; provides for interagency agreement between DCFS & AHCA; requires specified information regarding confidentiality of complaints to State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program to be provided to residents of long-term care facilities upon admission; directs agency to establish & implement methodologies to adjust Medicaid rates for hospitals, nursing homes, & managed care plans; provides criteria for & limits on amount of Medicaid payment rate adjustments; directs agency to seek federal approval to implement performance payment system; provides applicability of performance payment system to general hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, & managed care plans; provides that specified persons who have regulatory responsibilities over or provide services to persons residing in ALFs must report suspected incidents of abuse to central abuse hotline; requires ALFs to be under management of licensed administrator; provides training & licensure requirements for administrators; authorizes agency to issue temporary license to administrator; provides additional requirements for limited mental health license; provides fines & penalties for specified violations by ALF; directs DEA to create advisory council to review circumstances of unexpected deaths in ALFs & of elopements; provides schedule for inspection of ALFs; provides that AHCA, DEA, DCFS, & APD shall develop or modify electronic information systems. APPROPRIATION: $554,399

Effective Date: 7/1/2012
 Last Action: 3/9/2012 Senate - Died in returning Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 711 (Ch. 2012-66)
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/27/2012 House • Filed
• Referred to Appropriations Committee -HJ 847
• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 02/28/12, 8:30 am, Webster Hall
• Introduced -HJ 847
2/28/2012 House • CS by- Appropriations Committee; YEAS 23 NAYS 0 -HJ 909
• Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.19(c)
• Placed on Calendar -HJ 967
• CS by Appropriations Committee read 1st time -HJ 906
3/1/2012 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/02/12
3/2/2012 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 1012
• Amendment(s) adopted (060223, 247815, 496827, 507061, 581125) -HJ 1013
• Placed on 3rd reading
3/5/2012 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 1066
• Amendment(s) adopted (062315, 170067, 625181) -HJ 1066
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 -HJ 1067
3/5/2012 Senate • In Messages
3/7/2012 Senate • Received -SJ 957
• Referred to Health Regulation; Budget -SJ 957
3/9/2012 Senate • Withdrawn from Health Regulation; Budget -SJ 1217
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 1217
• Substituted for CS/SB 2074 -SJ 1218
• Read 2nd time -SJ 1217
• Amendment(s) adopted (128436) -SJ 1218
• Read 3rd time -SJ 1235
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 1235
3/9/2012 House • In returning messages
• Was taken up -HJ 1626
• Refused to concur in 1 amendment(s) (128436) -HJ 1627
• Requested Senate to recede -HJ 1642
3/9/2012 Senate • In returning messages
• Died in returning Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 711 (Ch. 2012-66)