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CS/SB 1596: Provider Accountability

GENERAL BILL by Health Policy ; Garcia

Provider Accountability; Revising the rights of residents of nursing home facilities; providing additional disqualifying offenses for purposes of background screening of employees of certain health care providers; creating a cause of action for ex parte injunctive relief against continued unlicensed activity relating to health care provider facilities; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to petition the court for such injunctive relief; providing for ex parte temporary injunctive relief under certain circumstances, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2023
Last Action: 5/3/2023 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1471 (Ch. 2023-307) -SJ 723
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  3. Rules (RC)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
3/3/2023 Senate • Filed
3/9/2023 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules
3/14/2023 Senate • Introduced
3/22/2023 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/27/23, 3:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
3/27/2023 Senate • CS by Health Policy; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
3/29/2023 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
• CS by Health Policy read 1st time
3/30/2023 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 04/04/23, 11:00 am, 37 Senate Building
4/4/2023 Senate • Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
4/5/2023 Senate • Now in Rules
4/14/2023 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/19/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
4/19/2023 Senate • Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
4/20/2023 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
4/25/2023 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/28/23
4/28/2023 Senate • Retained on Special Order Calendar
5/1/2023 Senate • Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 670
5/2/2023 Senate • Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 718
5/3/2023 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 722
• Substituted CS/CS/HB 1471 -SJ 723
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1471 (Ch. 2023-307) -SJ 723