Delaware Senate Bill 291 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Passed on July 15 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-07-15 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Bill makes changes which require the Division of Long Term Care Residents Protection to post online the results of its surveys of nursing facilities. The act also eliminates the current obligation of the Division to conduct a follow-up meeting after every survey of a nursing facility, and replaces it with an obligation to conduct such meetings upon request by the facility, a resident, or a resident’s family member or agent. Because these meetings occur after the report is issued and a plan of action approved, it is held months after the surveyors have left the facility. The meetings are sparsely attended, The new CMS survey protocol which is required in our 50 skilled nursing facilities, includes an expanded component of patient and family interviews including no less than 40 residents or family members for those who are not cognitively able to be interviewed. Additionally, a representative of the resident council is invited to meet with the survey team when it exits the facility. This Bill also makes it clear that the state is meeting its obligations to follow the federal regulations regarding the certification of nursing assistants. It also clarifies the student teacher ratio for registered nurses and licensed practical nurses with experience.

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Nursing Facilities And Similar Facilities.

Rep. Michael Barbieri [D]

Sen. Margaret Henry [D]

Sen. Robert Marshall [D]

2010-06-30 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2010-06-23 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-07-15		Signed by Governor
2010-06-30		Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 38 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2010-06-29		Reported Out of Committee (HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT) in House with 8 On Its Merits
2010-06-24		Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
2010-06-23		Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2010-06-23		Amendment SA 1 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 1 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2010-06-23		Amendment SA 1 - Introduced in Senate
2010-06-15		Reported Out of Committee (HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
2010-06-10		Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/798722c6bdb88bbf85257737007b704a?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+291/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/bdeb9269aef75af78525774b00766077?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/20ee81bcaf17798d852577520071b94d?OpenDocument