Relating to the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid recipients who are residents of long-term care facilities.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
May 2019
House Passage
May 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 19, 2019
Last action May 16, 2019
Floor votes · House May 10, 2019
How they voted
78–28
Passed · 9 other
Total votes 115
May 10, 2019
D
Democratic48
89% Yea
R
Republican67
52% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
8
Committee
8
May 16, 2019
Committee
Referred to Health & Human Services
upper
May 16, 2019
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 13, 2019
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 10, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 9, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
Apr 29, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 28, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 26, 2019
Lower · Passed
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
lower
Apr 25, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Mar 12, 2019
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Mar 12, 2019
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Feb 19, 2019
Committee
Referred to Human Services
lower
Feb 19, 2019
Introduced
Read first time
lower
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Joe Moody
DDemocratic
P
Nicole Collier
DDemocratic
P
Ray Lopez
DDemocratic
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