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SB 1286: Children and Adults Who Have Extensive Medical Needs

GENERAL BILL by Sobel

Children and Adults Who Have Extensive Medical Needs; Creating a specialty license for certain medical facilities that have centers in the facility which specialize in caring for children; providing requirements for an individualized plan of care for each child; requiring employees of a center to receive instruction on the prevention and control of infection, the prevention of accident, and safety awareness; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to pay Medicaid’s prevailing rate only for bed-hold days if the facility or a children’s specialty care center has an occupancy rate of 95 percent or greater; authorizing the agency to provide home and community-based services for children and adults who are medically fragile, etc.

Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Action: 5/3/2013 Senate - Died in Health Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Appropriations (AP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/28/2013 Senate • Filed
3/4/2013 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 97
3/5/2013 Senate • Introduced -SJ 97
5/3/2013 Senate • Died in Health Policy