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SB 1273 DOC; Director to establish health care continuous quality improvement committee.
Introduced by: L. Louise Lucas | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Department of Corrections; health care continuous quality improvement committee. Requires the Director of the Department of Corrections to establish a health care continuous quality improvement committee, consisting of the Director and specified health care professionals employed by the Department. The bill requires the committee to (i) identify appropriate criteria for evaluation of the quality of health care services provided by the Department, (ii) monitor and evaluate the quality of health care services provided by the Department utilizing the criteria identified, and (iii) develop strategies to improve the quality of health care services provided by the Department. The bill also requires the committee to publish quarterly continuous quality improvement reports setting forth such data and information as the committee deems appropriate on a website maintained by the Department. As introduced, this bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care. This bill is identical to HB 1917.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101420D pdf
- 01/18/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19104821D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/18/19 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1273ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/08/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0320) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
- House amendments engrossed
HISTORY
- 01/07/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101420D
- 01/07/19 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 01/18/19 Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/18/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19104821D-S1
- 01/21/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/19 Senate: Read second time
- 01/22/19 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/22/19 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 19104821D-S1
- 01/22/19 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1273S1
- 01/23/19 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/19 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/29/19 House: Read first time
- 01/29/19 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/07/19 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/19 House: Read second time
- 02/11/19 House: Read third time
- 02/11/19 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/11/19 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/11/19 House: Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/19 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/19 Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/19 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/18/19 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1273ER)
- 02/18/19 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/19/19 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/20/19 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2019
- 02/20/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 03/08/19 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 320 (effective 7/1/19)
- 03/08/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0320)