Home health services.
Summary
Amends the definition of "home health agency", for purposes of the home health agency licensure laws, to provide that a person may provide or offer to provide nursing services and at least one home health service for compensation. Specifies that the term does not include: (1) services under the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE); or a person that only administers home infusion therapy based on a specialty medication prescription.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2021
Committee Review
Apr 2021
House Passage
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Apr 2021
Signed into Law
Apr 2021
Introduced Apr 12, 2021
Signed Apr 29, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Apr 6, 2021
How they voted
46–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 47
Apr 6, 2021
D
Democratic11
100% Yea
R
Republican36
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Amendments
4
Apr 29, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Apr 15, 2021
Amended
House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 452: yeas 87, nays 0
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Introduced
Motion to concur filed
lower
Apr 7, 2021
Amended
Returned to the House with amendments
upper
Apr 6, 2021
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 360: yeas 49, nays 0
upper
Apr 1, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
upper
Feb 19, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Senate
lower
Feb 18, 2021
Lower · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 187: yeas 85, nays 0
lower
Feb 16, 2021
Amended
Amendment #2 (Barrett) prevailed; voice vote
lower
Feb 16, 2021
Amended
Amendment #1 (Barrett) prevailed; voice vote
lower
Feb 8, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
lower
3 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Brad Barrett
RRepublican
P
Ed Charbonneau
RRepublican
P
Jeff Raatz
RRepublican
Co
Lonnie Randolph
DDemocratic
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