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CS/SB 1544: Long-term Care

GENERAL BILL by Health Policy ; Albritton

Long-term Care; Requiring aging resource center personnel to annually rescreen certain individuals with high priority scores for purposes of the statewide wait list for enrollment for home and community-based services; authorizing such personnel to administer rescreening for certain individuals with low priority scores; authorizing community-care-for-the-elderly services providers to dispute certain referrals; providing that a referral decision by adult protective service prevails, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
Last Action: 3/9/2020 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1373 (Ch. 2020-46) -SJ 541
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
1/8/2020 Senate • Filed
1/13/2020 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 115
1/14/2020 Senate • Introduced -SJ 115
1/30/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 02/04/20, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
2/4/2020 Senate • CS by Health Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 239
2/6/2020 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• CS by Health Policy read 1st time -SJ 249
2/10/2020 Senate • Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
2/20/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 02/25/20, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2/25/2020 Senate • Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 346
• Now in Appropriations
2/27/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/03/20, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
3/3/2020 Senate • Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 21 NAYS 0 -SJ 411
3/4/2020 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
3/5/2020 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/09/20 -SJ 550
3/9/2020 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 541
• Substituted CS/HB 1373 -SJ 541
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1373 (Ch. 2020-46) -SJ 541