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2007 SESSION
HB 1965 Hospice facilities; regulations shall include minimum standards for design and construction.
Introduced by: John M. O'Bannon, III | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Assisted living facilities; certain hospices exempt. Defines "hospice facility." Exempts hospice facilities with 16 or fewer beds from Certificate of Public Need laws and regulations. Provides that hospice facilities shall be licensed by the Department of Health and that regulations promulgated by the Board shall include standards for the care, treatment, health, safety, welfare and comfort of patients and their families served by the program. Eliminates existing provisions authorizing an entity licensed as a hospice to concurrently hold a license to operate as an assisted living facility and authorizing an entity licensed as an assisted living facility to concurrently hold a license as a hospice.
FULL TEXT
- 01/05/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 077614440 pdf | impact statement
- 01/25/07 House: Committee substitute printed 077633440-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/15/07 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1965ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/21/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0397) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/05/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 077614440
- 01/05/07 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/25/07 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/07 House: Committee substitute printed 077633440-H1
- 01/26/07 House: Read first time
- 01/29/07 House: Read second time
- 01/29/07 House: Committee substitute agreed to 077633440-H1
- 01/29/07 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1965H1
- 01/30/07 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/07 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/07 House: Communicated to Senate
- 01/31/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/31/07 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/08/07 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/07 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/07 Senate: Read third time
- 02/12/07 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/07 House: Enrolled
- 02/15/07 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1965ER)
- 02/15/07 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/15/07 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/15/07 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 397 (effective 7/1/07)
- 03/21/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0397)