Nursing Home Penalty Cash Fund
Summary
Nursing home penalty cash fund - reserve - grant cap - repeal related program sunset. The act repeals the current reserve for the nursing home penalty cash fund and instead requires the medical services board to establish a minimum reserve that limits expenditures for grants. The annual cap on expenditures for grants, which is $250,000 or possibly a lesser amount depending on whether the fund balance exceeds $2 million, is repealed and the sunset review of the use of grants and the related nursing home innovations grant board is also repealed.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2019
Committee Review
Apr 2019
Senate Passage
Apr 2019
House Passage
Apr 2019
Signed into Law
May 2019
Introduced Apr 17, 2019
Signed May 29, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Apr 30, 2019 · House Apr 30, 2019
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Apr 30, 2019
D
Democratic19
100% Yea
R
Republican15
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
5
Committee
2
May 29, 2019
Signed into law
Governor Signed
executive
Apr 30, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Apr 30, 2019
Lower · Passed
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
lower
Apr 27, 2019
Committee
House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
lower
Apr 25, 2019
Introduced
Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations
lower
Apr 25, 2019
Upper · Passed
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
upper
Apr 23, 2019
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
upper
Apr 17, 2019
Introduced
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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