Nursing homes; standards of care.
Summary
Nursing home standards of care. Requires regulations establishing the staffing and care standards in nursing homes to require a minimum number of hours of direct care servicesto each resident per 24-hour period, which minimum increases in specifiedphases from 3.5 hours to 4.1 hours.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 6, 2020
Last action Feb 11, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
4
Committee
8
Feb 5, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 17, 2020
Committee
Assigned HWI sub: Health
lower
Jan 6, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Jan 6, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102533D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Vivian Watts
DDemocratic
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