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SB 1734: Resident Care in Nursing Home Facilities

GENERAL BILL by Gibson

Resident Care in Nursing Home Facilities; Requiring a resident’s attending health care provider in a nursing home facility to consult with the resident’s personal physician, if selected, in the provision of acute care to the resident and before ordering or prescribing medication to the resident; requiring the resident’s attending health care provider to document any such consultations in the resident’s records; requiring nursing home facilities to take certain measures before admitting a resident; requiring nursing home facilities to provide each resident with the opportunity to select a personal physician; revising the timeframe in which nursing home facilities must furnish requested records of a current or former resident, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Senate - Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/7/2022 Senate • Filed
    1/12/2022 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules -SJ 149
    1/18/2022 Senate • Introduced -SJ 149
    2/7/2022 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 02/10/22, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
    2/10/2022 Senate • Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 364
    • Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
    3/12/2022 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    3/14/2022 Senate • Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

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  • SB 1734, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/7/2022 at 12:30 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) 2/9/2022 (pdf)
    Health Policy (Post-Meeting) 2/10/2022 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1361 Resident Care in Nursing Home Facilities Willhite Identical Last Action: 3/14/2022 H Died in Finance & Facilities Subcommittee

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    2/10/2022 8:30 AM Health Policy 10 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (12)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    400.022 Residents’ rights. Page 3 (pdf)
    400.0221 Page 5 (pdf)
    400.141 Administration and management of nursing home facilities. Page 8 (pdf)
    400.145 Copies of records of care and treatment of resident. Page 9 (pdf)
    400.172 Respite care provided in nursing home facilities. Page 12 (pdf)
    400.211 Persons employed as nursing assistants; certification requirement. Page 13 (pdf)
    400.23 Rules; evaluation and deficiencies; licensure status. Page 10 (pdf)
    408.822 Direct care workforce survey. Page 13 (pdf)
    409.221 Consumer-directed care program. Page 14 (pdf)
    430.80 Implementation of a teaching nursing home pilot project. Page 14 (pdf)
    430.81 Implementation of a teaching agency for home and community-based care. Page 16 (pdf)
    651.118 Agency for Health Care Administration; certificates of need; sheltered beds; community beds. Page 17 (pdf)

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