HB 1136 -- NURSING HOMES (Stokan)

Current law requires the Department of Social Services to notify
facility administrators and certain agencies in cases where a
nursing home or residential care facility is in violation of
prescribed standards, or remains in noncompliance with
prescribed standards.  This bill requires that in cases
involving a violation of a Class I standard a written report be
sent to the State Representative and State Senator for the
district in which a nursing home or residential care facility is
located.  In addition, a copy of any notice of noncompliance
issued to the facility must also be sent to the State
Representative and State Senator for the district in which the
facility is located.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds.

HB 1136 -- NURSING HOMES

SPONSOR:  Stokan

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass by consent" by the Committee
on Public Health and Safety by a vote of 16 to 0.

Current law requires the Department of Social Services to notify
facility administrators and certain agencies in cases where a
nursing home or residential care facility is in violation of
prescribed standards, or remains in noncompliance with
prescribed standards.  This bill requires that in cases
involving a violation of a Class I standard a written report be
sent to the State Representative and State Senator for the
district in which a nursing home or residential care facility is
located.  In addition, a copy of any notice of noncompliance
issued to the facility must also be sent to the State
Representative and State Senator for the district in which the
facility is located.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that this bill requires that when a
violation occurs on one of the premises that copies of the
written report of the violation and the correction order be sent
in a timely fashion to state legislators for the district in
which the facility is located.

Testifying for the bill was Representative Stokan.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Harolyn Light, Legislative Analyst

HB 1136 -- Nursing Homes

Sponsor:  Stokan

Current law requires the Department of Social Services to notify
facility administrators and certain  agencies in cases where a
nursing home or residential care facility is in violation of
prescribed standards, or remains in noncompliance with
prescribed standards.  This bill requires that a written report
be sent to the State Representative and State Senator for the
district in which a nursing home or residential care facility is
located, in cases involving a violation of a Class I standard.
In addition, a copy of any notice of noncompliance issued to the
facility must also be sent to the State Representative and State
Senator for the district in which the facility is located.