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2023 SESSION
SB 926 Emergency Dept. Care Management Grant Program and Fund; established & created, report, sunset date.
Introduced by: Barbara A. Favola | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Emergency Department Care Management Grant Program and Fund; report. Establishes the Emergency Department Care Management Grant Program and the Emergency Department Care Management Grant Fund. The bill provides that the Program is established to provide grants to eligible hospitals that provide care management and medical services to frequent users of hospital emergency departments, with grants to be awarded to (i) reduce patient usage of emergency departments for routine, nonurgent, primary medical care; (ii) support emergency department case management staff; (iii) identify and analyze the comprehensive health care needs of patients; (iv) identify social determinants of health and barriers to care; (v) facilitate collaboration with providers and payers to develop a plan for community care; and (vi) improve the ability of patients to manage their care in the community. The bill directs the Department of Health to evaluate the effectiveness of the Program and requires the State Health Commissioner to report the Department's findings to the General Assembly and the Joint Commission on Health Care by October 1, 2027. The provisions of the bill sunset on July 1, 2028, and are contingent on funding in the general appropriation act.
FULL TEXT
- 01/06/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101557D pdf | impact statement
- 01/26/23 Senate: Printed as engrossed 23101557D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/14/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23106778D-H1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- Senate amendments
HISTORY
- 01/06/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101557D
- 01/06/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/13/23 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health
- 01/19/23 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/19/23 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/24/23 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/23 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 01/26/23 Senate: Education and Health Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/26/23 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 01/26/23 Senate: Finance and Appropriation Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/26/23 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB926E
- 01/26/23 Senate: Printed as engrossed 23101557D-E
- 01/27/23 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/23 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/10/23 House: Read first time
- 02/10/23 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/14/23 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (17-Y 4-N)
- 02/14/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23106778D-H1
- 02/14/23 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/15/23 House: Tabled in Appropriations (12-Y 10-N)