Skip to Navigation | Skip to Main Content | Skip to Site Map

MyFloridaHouse.gov | Mobile Site

Senate Tracker: Sign Up | Login

The Florida Senate

Glossary of Legislative Terms

HB 703: Long-term Care

GENERAL BILL by Green ; Fasano ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Rubio ; Goodlette ; Bilirakis ; Baxley ; Harrell ; Murman ; Kilmer ; Clarke ; Atwater ; Bowen ; Waters ; Sobel ; Rich ; Heyman ; Mayfield ; Trovillion ; Benson ; Lynn ; Brummer ; Romeo ; Harrington ; Kottkamp ; Joyner ; Fields ; Greenstein ; Kendrick ; Flanagan ; Stansel ; Davis ; Argenziano ; Sorensen ; Gottlieb ; Dockery ; Detert ; Lerner ; Wilson ; Richardson ; Gelber ; Bullard

Long-term Care; creates "Florida Consumer-Directed Care Act"; establishes consumer-directed care program; requires AHCA & Elderly Affairs Dept. to submit plan to Governor & Legislature for reducing nursing home bed days funded under Medicaid program; requires AHCA to establish nursing facility preadmission screening program; provides for administration of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Council by Elderly Affairs Dept., etc. Amends FS.

Effective Date: 07/01/2002
 Last Action: 3/22/2002 Senate - Died in Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 1276 (Ch. 2002-223)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF


View By Bill Version View By Category


Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/3/2002 House • Prefiled
1/11/2002 House • Referred to Elder & Long-Term Care (HCC); Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC); Council for Healthy Communities
1/22/2002 House • Introduced, referred to Elder & Long-Term Care (HCC); Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC); Council for Healthy Communities -HJ 00051; On Committee agenda-- Elder & Long-Term Care (HCC), 01/24/02, 2:00 pm, 214-C
1/24/2002 House • Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Elder & Long-Term Care (HCC); YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -HJ 00138
1/28/2002 House • Now in Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00138
2/6/2002 House • On Committee agenda-- Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC), 02/08/02, 8:30 am, Reed Hall
2/8/2002 House • Favorable with 3 amendment(s) by Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC); YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -HJ 00228
2/12/2002 House • Now in Council for Healthy Communities -HJ 00228; On Council agenda-- Council for Healthy Communities, 02/14/02, 8:00 am, Reed Hall
2/14/2002 House • Favorable with 2 amendment(s) by- Council for Healthy Communities; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -HJ 00271
2/15/2002 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 00271
3/12/2002 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read second time -HJ 00991; Amendment(s) failed -HJ 00991; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 00993
3/18/2002 House • Read third time -HJ 01987; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 01988; Passed as amended; YEAS 116 NAYS 0 -HJ 01995
3/18/2002 Senate • In Messages
3/20/2002 Senate • Received, referred to Health, Aging and Long-Term Care; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 01216
3/22/2002 Senate • Died in Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 1276 (Ch. 2002-223)