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CS/SB 1544: Long-term Care

GENERAL BILL by Health Policy ; Albritton

Long-term Care; Requiring aging resource center personnel to annually rescreen certain individuals with high priority scores for purposes of the statewide wait list for enrollment for home and community-based services; authorizing such personnel to administer rescreening for certain individuals with low priority scores; authorizing community-care-for-the-elderly services providers to dispute certain referrals; providing that a referral decision by adult protective service prevails, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
 Last Action: 3/9/2020 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1373 (Ch. 2020-46) -SJ 541
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/8/2020 Senate • Filed
    1/13/2020 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 115
    1/14/2020 Senate • Introduced -SJ 115
    1/30/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 02/04/20, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
    2/4/2020 Senate • CS by Health Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 239
    2/6/2020 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • CS by Health Policy read 1st time -SJ 249
    2/10/2020 Senate • Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
    2/20/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 02/25/20, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
    2/25/2020 Senate • Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 346
    • Now in Appropriations
    2/27/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/03/20, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
    3/3/2020 Senate • Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 21 NAYS 0 -SJ 411
    3/4/2020 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    3/5/2020 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/09/20 -SJ 550
    3/9/2020 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 541
    • Substituted CS/HB 1373 -SJ 541
    • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1373 (Ch. 2020-46) -SJ 541

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  • CS/SB 1544, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/6/2020 at 9:36 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Pre-Meeting) 2/24/2020 (pdf)
    Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Post-Meeting) 2/25/2020 (pdf)
    Appropriations (Pre-Meeting) 3/2/2020 (pdf)
    Appropriations (Post-Meeting) 3/4/2020 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1373 (er) Long-term Care Webb Identical Last Action: 6/19/2020 Chapter No. 2020-46 Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (2)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    949078 - Amendment
    Between lines 73 and 74 insert:     		Appropriations
    (Albritton)     		3/2/2020
    12:23 PM     		Withdrawn
    3/3/2020     		Web Page
    PDF
    534830 - Amendment
    Delete lines 96 - 98 and insert:     		Appropriations
    (Albritton)     		3/2/2020
    12:24 PM     		Withdrawn
    3/3/2020     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    2/25/2020 1:00 PM Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services 10 Yeas - 0 Nays
    3/3/2020 1:00 PM Appropriations 21 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    409.979 Eligibility. Page 1 (pdf)
    430.205 Community care service system. Page 3 (pdf)

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  • SB 1544, Original Filed Version Posted 1/8/2020 at 2:34 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) 2/3/2020 (pdf)
    Health Policy (Post-Meeting) 2/6/2020 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1373 (c1) Long-term Care Webb Compare Last Action: 6/19/2020 Chapter No. 2020-46 Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    858654 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Health Policy
    (Albritton)     		2/3/2020
    9:06 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    2/4/2020     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    2/4/2020 9:00 AM Health Policy 10 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (4)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    409.9022 Page 2 (pdf)
    409.979 Eligibility. Page 4 (pdf)
    430.04 Duties and responsibilities of the Department of Elderly Affairs. Page 8 (pdf)
    430.205 Community care service system. Page 9 (pdf)

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