Introduced
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To require the Department of Consumer and Industry Services to develop and distribute standardized complaint forms for nursing home patients and their visitors. Current law requires the department to distribute a pamphlet outlining the procedure for filing a complaint, and requires nursing homes to make them available. The bill would require that the pamphlet be printed in large, easily readable type and in nontechnical, easily understood language. The new pamphlets would contain the standardized complaint form.
Referred to the Committee on Senior Health, Security, and Retirement
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one which incorporates technical changes that do not affect the substance of the bill as previously described.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To clarify a reference in the bill to a particular organization.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To require that the proposed pamphlet be given to each resident or resident’s surrogate decision maker upon admission to a nursing home.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 99 to 0 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Senior Citizens and Veterans Affairs
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)
To require the Department of Consumer and Industry Services to develop and distribute standardized complaint forms for nursing home patients and their visitors. Current law requires the department to distribute a pamphlet outlining the procedure for filing a complaint, and requires nursing homes to make them available. The bill would require that the pamphlet be printed in large, easily readable type and in nontechnical, easily understood language. The new pamphlets would contain the standardized complaint form.
