Introduced Feb 21, 2019
1 co-sponsor
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Total votes
16,633
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Attendance
98%
211 missed
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With party
99%
of cast votes
Higher than 92% of chamber peers
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1%
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Lower than 96% of chamber peers
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633
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0
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633 bills and resolutions
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633
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Introduced Feb 21, 2019
1 co-sponsor
Introduced Feb 21, 2019
1 co-sponsor
Introduced Feb 21, 2019
1 co-sponsor
Introduced Feb 21, 2019
1 co-sponsor
Introduced Feb 21, 2019
1 co-sponsor
Introduced Feb 21, 2019
1 co-sponsor
Passed Feb 20, 2019
0 co-sponsors
Foster care; numerous changes to laws governing provision of services in the Commonwealth.
Makes numerous changes to the laws governing the provision of foster care services in the Commonwealth. Among other things, the bill (i) allows the Commissioner of Social Services to develop and implement a corrective action plan for or assume temporary control over the foster care services of a local board of social services upon determining that the local board (a) has failed to provide foster care services or make placement and removal decisions in accordance with applicable laws or regulations or (b) has taken any action that poses a substantial risk to the health, safety, or well-being of any child under its supervision and control; (ii) requires the Commissioner to create within the State Department of Social Services (the Department) a foster care health and safety director position; (iii) directs the Commissioner to establish and maintain a confidential hotline to receive reports and complaints from foster parents and other persons regarding violations of laws or regulations applicable to foster care and any other matters related to the health, safety, or well-being of children in foster care; (iv) directs the Department to develop and implement a more reliable, structured, and comprehensive case review and quality improvement process to monitor and improve foster care services provided by local boards and departments of social services; and (v) requires the Department to establish and update annually a caseload standard that limits the number of foster care cases that may be assigned to each foster care caseworker. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.
Passed Feb 20, 2019
1 co-sponsor
Certificate of public need; nursing homes and hospitals, disaster exemption.
Provides for a 30-day exemption from the requirement to obtain a certificate of public need for an increase in the total number of beds in existing hospitals or nursing homes if the State Health Commissioner has determined that a natural or man-made disaster has caused the evacuation of a hospital or nursing home and that a public health emergency exists due to a shortage of hospital or nursing home beds. The Board of Health shall adopt regulations for this exemption. This bill is identical to
Passed Feb 20, 2019
0 co-sponsors
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