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CS/CS/SB 170: Quality of Care in Nursing Homes

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services ; Health Policy ; Burton

Quality of Care in Nursing Homes; Reviving, reenacting, and amending a provision relating to consumer satisfaction surveys; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to develop user-friendly consumer satisfaction surveys for nursing home facilities; requiring medical directors of nursing home facilities to obtain, or to be in the process of obtaining, certain qualifications by a specified date; requiring nursing home facilities to conduct biennial patient safety culture surveys; requiring nursing home facilities that maintain certain electronic health records to make available certain data to the agency’s Florida Health Information Exchange program for a specified purpose; exempting nursing homes operated by state agencies from certain financial reporting requirements, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2025
 Last Action: 4/3/2025 Senate - Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/25/2025 Senate • Filed
    • Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
    2/27/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/04/25, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
    3/4/2025 Senate • CS by Health Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
    • Introduced
    3/5/2025 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
    3/10/2025 Senate • CS by Health Policy read 1st time
    3/21/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 03/26/25, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
    3/26/2025 Senate • CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
    3/28/2025 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Now in Appropriations
    • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/02/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
    3/31/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/03/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Meeting cancelled
    4/2/2025 Senate • Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
    • CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services read 1st time
    4/3/2025 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25

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  • CS/CS/SB 170, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/28/2025 at 9:16 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (Post-Meeting) 3/28/2025 (pdf)
    Appropriations (Pre-Meeting) 4/1/2025 (pdf)
    Appropriations (Post-Meeting) 4/3/2025 (pdf)

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 2502 Implementing the 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act Appropriations Compare Last Action: 4/3/2025 S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25 Track This Bill
    S 2514 Health and Human Services Appropriations Compare Last Action: 4/3/2025 S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25 Track This Bill

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    4/2/2025 9:00 AM Appropriations 18 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (7)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    400.0225 Page 3 (pdf)
    400.141 Administration and management of nursing home facilities. Page 5 (pdf)
    400.191 Availability, distribution, and posting of reports and records. Page 6 (pdf)
    408.051 Florida Electronic Health Records Exchange Act. Page 8 (pdf)
    408.061 Data collection; uniform systems of financial reporting; information relating to physician charges; confidential information; immunity. Page 9 (pdf)
    408.08 Inspections and audits; violations; penalties; fines; enforcement. Page 11 (pdf)
    409.908 Reimbursement of Medicaid providers. Page 11 (pdf)

    Citations - Chapter Law (1)

    Chapter Law Section Amended Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    2001-377 Section 14 Page 2 (pdf)

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  • CS/SB 170, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/5/2025 at 11:05 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (Pre-Meeting) 3/25/2025 (pdf)

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    255870 - Amendment
    Delete lines 224 - 430 and insert:     		Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
    (Burton)     		3/25/2025
    1:02 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/28/2025     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/26/2025 1:00 PM Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services 10 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (7)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    400.0225 Page 3 (pdf)
    400.141 Administration and management of nursing home facilities. Page 5 (pdf)
    400.191 Availability, distribution, and posting of reports and records. Page 6 (pdf)
    408.051 Florida Electronic Health Records Exchange Act. Page 8 (pdf)
    408.061 Data collection; uniform systems of financial reporting; information relating to physician charges; confidential information; immunity. Page 8 (pdf)
    408.08 Inspections and audits; violations; penalties; fines; enforcement. Page 9 (pdf)
    409.908 Reimbursement of Medicaid providers. Page 10 (pdf)

    Citations - Chapter Law (1)

    Chapter Law Section Amended Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    2001-377 Section 14 Page 2 (pdf)

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  • SB 170, Original Filed Version Posted 2/25/2025 at 8:21 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) 3/3/2025 (pdf)
    Health Policy (Post-Meeting) 3/5/2025 (pdf)

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    488560 - Amendment
    Delete lines 218 - 255 and insert:     		Health Policy
    (Burton)     		3/3/2025
    1:41 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/4/2025     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/4/2025 2:00 PM Health Policy 10 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (6)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    400.0225 Page 3 (pdf)
    400.141 Administration and management of nursing home facilities. Page 4 (pdf)
    400.191 Availability, distribution, and posting of reports and records. Page 5 (pdf)
    408.051 Florida Electronic Health Records Exchange Act. Page 8 (pdf)
    408.061 Data collection; uniform systems of financial reporting; information relating to physician charges; confidential information; immunity. Page 8 (pdf)
    409.908 Reimbursement of Medicaid providers. Page 9 (pdf)

    Citations - Chapter Law (1)

    Chapter Law Section Amended Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    2001-377 Section 14 Page 2 (pdf)

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