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SB 111/FN (BR 1650) - E. Scorsone
AN ACT relating to disclosure requirements for nursing facilities.
Create a new section of KRS 216 to require a long-term care facility that claims to provide special care for persons with Alzheimer's disease or other related disorders to disclose in its advertisements or in a separate document those services that distinguish the care as being especially applicable to persons with Alzheimer's disease or other related disorders; require the long-term care facility to provide a copy of the advertisements or documents to any person requesting information about the facility's services for persons with Alzheimer's disease or other related disorders, and to post a copy of advertisements or other separate documents; require the Division for Licensing and Regulation to examine the advertisements or other separate documents related to special services for persons with Alzheimer's disease or other related disorders; and establish the content that must be included on the advertisements or other separate documents.
SB 111 - AMENDMENTS
SCA (1, E. Scorsone) - Retain original provisions; amend to require long-term care facilities to display instead of post a copy of advertisements or separate documents disclosing services provided that are especially applicable to, or suitable for, persons with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders; and delete the requirement that the Division of Licensing and Regulation exam all advertisements or documents as a part of the license renewal process.
SFA (2, J. Rose) - Require long-term care facility that offers special services related to Alzheimer's to maintain manual with detailed information about facility services; delete requirement that facilities include detailed information in advertisements; require advertisements to contain statement that written information is available relating to services and policies is at the facility upon request; require facility to post statement that written information is available relating to services and policies is at the facility upon request.
SFA (3, E. Scorsone) - Retain original provisions; delete the requirement that staffing patterns be included in the content required for advertisements or other separate documents of any long-term care facility that claims to provide special care for persons with a medical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or other related disorders.
HCS/FN - Retain original provisions; require long-term care facilities that claim to provide special care for persons with a medical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or related disorders to provide a copy of any information contained in the required manual describing the services and programs to any person upon request at no cost and make technical correction.
Jan 20-introduced in Senate
Jan 24-to Health and Welfare (S)
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with committee amendment (1)
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 29, 2000; floor amendment (2) filed
Feb 29-passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day; floor amendment (3) filed
Mar 1-3rd reading, passed 37-1 with committee amendment (1), floor amendments (2) and (3)
Mar 2-received in House
Mar 3-to Health and Welfare (H)
Mar 6-posted in committee
Mar 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Mar 13-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 16-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 17, 2000
Mar 20-3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute
Mar 21-received in Senate
Mar 29-posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute ; taken from the Regular Orders of the Day, placed in Consent Orders of the Day; Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute ; passed 37-0
Apr 11-enrolled, signed by each presiding officer, delivered to Governor
Apr 21-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 421)
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