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2023 SESSION
HB 330 Nursing homes & certified nursing facilities; minimum staffing standards, administrative sanctions.
Introduced by: Vivian E. Watts | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Minimum staffing standards for nursing homes and certified nursing facilities; administrative sanctions; Long-Term Care Services Fund. Requires nursing homes to meet a baseline staffing level based on resident acuity in alignment with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services staffing level recommendations. The bill requires nursing homes to collect and submit to the Department of Health certain data related to staffing. The bill gives the Commissioner of Health the power to impose administrative sanctions on nursing homes and directs the Board of Health to promulgate regulations related to the criteria and procedures for imposition of administrative sanctions or initiation of court proceedings for violations of the bill. The bill provides that nursing homes shall only be subject to administrative sanctions upon initial funding for the state share of the cost to implement the provisions of the bill. The bill establishes the Long-Term Care Services Fund for the purpose of making grants to assist in the provision of activities that protect or improve the quality of care or quality of life for residents, patients, and consumers of long-term care services.
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HISTORY
- 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104129D
- 01/11/22 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/21/22 House: Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3
- 02/08/22 House: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2023 by voice vote
- 02/10/22 House: Continued to 2023 in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
- 11/22/22 House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions