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CS/CS/SB 976: Home Health Care

GENERAL BILL by Judiciary ; Health Policy ; Bean

Home Health Care; Exempting certain home health agencies from specified licensure application requirements; requiring a licensed nurse registry to ensure that each certified nursing assistant and home health aide referred by the registry present certain credentials; requiring that certain records be kept in accordance with rules set by the Agency for Health Care Administration; providing that a nurse registry does not have an obligation to review and act upon such records except under certain circumstances, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2014
 Last Action: 4/28/2014 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1179 (Ch. 2014-142) -SJ 735
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/10/2014 Senate • Filed
    2/18/2014 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 79
    2/28/2014 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/05/14, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
    3/4/2014 Senate • Introduced -SJ 79
    3/5/2014 Senate • CS by Health Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 1 -SJ 207
    3/6/2014 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    3/10/2014 Senate • Original reference(s) removed: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 240
    • Remaining references corrected to Judiciary; Rules -SJ 240
    • Now in Judiciary -SJ 207
    • CS by Health Policy read 1st time -SJ 226
    3/27/2014 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/01/14, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building
    4/1/2014 Senate • CS/CS by Judiciary; YEAS 8 NAYS 1 -SJ 442
    4/3/2014 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • CS/CS by Judiciary read 1st time -SJ 447
    4/4/2014 Senate • Now in Rules -SJ 442
    • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/09/14, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
    4/9/2014 Senate • Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 -SJ 459
    4/10/2014 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 459
    4/22/2014 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/25/14
    4/25/2014 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 688
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    4/28/2014 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 735
    • Substituted CS/CS/HB 1179 -SJ 735
    • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1179 (Ch. 2014-142) -SJ 735

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  • CS/CS/SB 976, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/21/2014 at 3:11 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Rules (Pre-Meeting) 4/8/2014 (pdf)
    Rules (Post-Meeting) 4/9/2014 (pdf)

    Related Bills (3)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1179 (er) Home Health Care Stone Similar Last Action: 6/13/2014 Chapter No. 2014-142
    Location: Became Law     		Track This Bill
    H 7105 (e1) Health Care Services Rulemaking Rulemaking Oversight and Repeal Subcommittee Compare Last Action: 5/2/2014 H Died in House, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1179 (Ch. 2014-142), HB 5201 (Ch. 2014-57), CS/SB 1666 (Ch. 2014-224)
    Location: Passed, pending returning messages to Senate     		Track This Bill
    S 1254 (c3) Health Care Services Grimsley Compare Last Action: 4/30/2014 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1179 (Ch. 2014-142), HB 5201 (Ch. 2014-57) -SJ 836
    Location: Laid on Table     		Track This Bill

    Floor Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    421588 - Amendment
    Before line 33 insert:     		Garcia 4/24/2014
    4:13 PM     		Senate: Withdrawn
    4/25/2014     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    4/9/2014 4:00 PM Rules 14 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    400.471 Application for license; fee. Page 2 (pdf)
    400.506 Licensure of nurse registries; requirements; penalties. Page 3 (pdf)

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  • CS/SB 976, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/6/2014 at 2:02 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 3/31/2014 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 4/3/2014 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1179 (c1) Nurse Registries Stone Similar Last Action: 6/13/2014 Chapter No. 2014-142
    Location: Became Law     		Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (3)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    169472 - Amendment
    Before line 24 insert:     		Judiciary
    (Soto)     		3/31/2014
    6:00 PM
    (Late Filed)     		Withdrawn
    4/3/2014     		Web Page
    PDF
    667992 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Judiciary
    (Thrasher)     		3/31/2014
    10:00 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/3/2014     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 660168 - Amendment to Amendment (667992)
    Between lines 4 and 5 insert:     		Judiciary
    (Soto)     		3/31/2014
    1:40 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/3/2014     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    4/1/2014 9:00 AM Judiciary 8 Yeas - 1 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    400.506 Licensure of nurse registries; requirements; penalties. Page 1 (pdf)

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  • SB 976, Original Filed Version Posted 2/10/2014 at 5:33 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) 3/4/2014 (pdf)
    Health Policy (Post-Meeting) 3/6/2014 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1179 Licensure of Nurse Registries Stone Similar Last Action: 6/13/2014 Chapter No. 2014-142
    Location: Became Law     		Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    956550 - Amendment
    Delete lines 28 - 43 and insert:     		Health Policy
    (Bean)     		3/4/2014
    1:45 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/5/2014     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/5/2014 1:30 PM Health Policy 8 Yeas - 1 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    400.506 Licensure of nurse registries; requirements; penalties. Page 1 (pdf)

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