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SB 1024 Hospitals and nursing homes; Bd. of Health must include minimum standards for design, etc.

Introduced by: Stephen D. Newman | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Licensure of hospitals and nursing homes; Board of Health.  Directs the Board of Health to promulgate regulations for the licensure of hospitals and nursing homes that must include minimum standards for the design and construction of hospitals, nursing homes, and certified nursing facilities consistent with the current edition of the Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospital and Health Care Facilities issued by the American Institute of Architects Academy of Architecture for Health. The Board is required to promulgate emergency regulations to implement this provision. This bill is identical to HB 2366.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Licensure of hospitals and nursing homes; Board of Health.  Directs the Board of Health to promulgate regulations for the licensure of hospitals and nursing homes that must include minimum standards for the design and construction of hospitals, nursing homes, and certified nursing facilities identical to the then current edition of the Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospital and Health Care Facilities issued by the American Institute of Architects Academy of Architecture for Health. The Board is required to promulgate emergency regulations to implement this provision.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Licensure of hospitals and nursing homes; Board of Health.  Requires the Board of Health's regulations setting forth design and construction standards for hospitals and nursing homes to be aligned with the then current edition of the Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospital and Health Care Facilities issued by the American Institute of Architects Academy of Architecture for Health. The Board is required to promulgate emergency regulations to implement this provision.