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SB 1486: Transitional Living Facilities

GENERAL BILL by Garcia

Transitional Living Facilities; Providing requirements for transitional living facility policies and procedures governing client admission, transfer, and discharge; prohibiting a licensee or employee of a facility from serving notice upon a client to leave the premises or take other retaliatory action under certain circumstances; providing conditions for investigating and reporting incidents of abuse, neglect, mistreatment, or exploitation of clients; providing background screening requirements; requiring the agency, the Department of Health, the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, and the Department of Children and Families to develop electronic information systems for certain purposes, etc.

Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2014
Last Action: 5/1/2014 Senate - Laid on Table -SJ 981
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  2. Health Policy (HP)
  3. Appropriations (AP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/28/2014 Senate • Filed
3/5/2014 Senate • Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Health Policy; Appropriations -SJ 458
4/9/2014 Senate • Introduced -SJ 458
• Now in Appropriations -SJ 459
3/13/2014 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/18/14, 8:00 am, 37 Senate Office Building --Not Considered
3/20/2014 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/25/14, 9:00 am, 37 Senate Office Building
3/25/2014 Senate • Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 317
• Now in Health Policy -SJ 317
4/3/2014 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 04/08/14, 3:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
4/8/2014 Senate • Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 459
4/17/2014 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/22/14, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
4/22/2014 Senate • Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -SJ 584
4/23/2014 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 584
4/28/2014 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 05/01/14
5/1/2014 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 979
• Substituted CS/CS/CS/HB 573 (Died on Calendar in Senate) -SJ 981
• Laid on Table -SJ 981