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2005 Regular Session

House Bill 6897

AN ACT CONCERNING NURSING OVERSIGHT OF PATIENTS RECEIVING HOME HEALTH SERVICES.

Became law as Public Act 05-64, signed June 2, 2005, 86 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To ensure that any state regulations defining minimum service quality standards for home health care agencies and homemaker-home health aide agencies require that a primary care nurse visit and assess any patient receiving homemaker-home health aide services at least once every sixty days, and to add to the home health services fee schedule a fee for nursing services for management and evaluation of the patient care plan and for assessment and observation of the patient's condition.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

4 co-sponsors

Steven T. Mikutel, Walter M. Pawelkiewicz, Livvy R. Floren, Julia B. Wasserman

In the Senate

    7 co-sponsors

    Joan V. Hartley, Mary Ann Handley, Edith G. Prague, Edward Meyer, Biagio Ciotto, Joseph J. Crisco Jr., Thomas A. Colapietro

    Its course

    March 8 to June 2, 2005, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action32 actions on 17 days

    In the House of RepresentativesMar 8 to May 558 days

    Public Health CommitteeMar 8 to Mar 2820 days

    Human Services CommitteeApr 19 to Apr 201 day

    Appropriations CommitteeApr 26 to May 26 days

    In the SenateMay 5 to May 116 days

    Waiting to be sentMay 11 to May 2615 days

    With the GovernorMay 26 to Jun 27 days

    Amendments

    Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

    • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

      Adopted May 5 · Adopted May 11

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the House of Representatives Mar 8 – May 5

    1. Mar 8Introduced and sent to Public Health Committee
    2. Mar 14Heard in Public Health Committee
    3. Mar 28Public Health Committee recommended a substitute for it
    4. Apr 19Sent to Human Services Committee
    5. Apr 20Human Services Committee recommended it
    6. Apr 26Sent to Appropriations Committee
    7. May 2Appropriations Committee recommended it
    8. May 5The House of Representatives adopted House of Representatives Amendment A
    9. Passed the House of Representatives with House of Representatives Amendment A

    In the Senate May 6 – May 11

    1. May 6Arrived in the Senate
    2. May 11The Senate adopted House of Representatives Amendment A
    3. Passed the Senate with House of Representatives Amendment A

    To the Governor May 19 – Jun 2

    1. May 19Numbered Public Act 05-64
    2. May 26Sent to the Secretary of the State
    3. Jun 2Signed by the Governor
    All 32 actions, as published
    1. Mar 8REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Mar 14PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 28Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
    4. Mar 29FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Apr 7REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    6. Apr 13RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    7. Apr 13FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    8. Apr 13HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
    9. Apr 13FILE NO.Both houses
    10. Apr 19REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives
    11. Apr 20Joint FavorableBoth houses
    12. Apr 20FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    13. Apr 20RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    14. Apr 20NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
    15. Apr 20TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    16. Apr 26REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives
    17. May 2Joint FavorableBoth houses
    18. May 3FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    19. May 3RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    20. May 3NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
    21. May 3TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    22. May 5HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
    23. May 5HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
    24. May 6FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    25. May 6SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    26. May 6FILE NO.Both houses
    27. May 11SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH.Senate
    28. May 11SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH.Senate
    29. May 11IN CONCURRENCESenate
    30. May 19PUBLIC ACTBoth houses
    31. May 26TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATEBoth houses
    32. Jun 2SIGNED BY GOVERNORGovernor