2022 Regular SessionFlorida Legislature

S1734: Resident Care in Nursing Home Facilities

Legislative Summary

Requiring a resident's attending health care provider in a nursing home facility to consult with the resident's personal physician, if selected, in the provision of acute care to the resident and before ordering or prescribing medication to the resident; requiring the resident's attending health care provider to document any such consultations in the resident's records; requiring nursing home facilities to take certain measures before admitting a resident; requiring nursing home facilities to provide each resident with the opportunity to select a personal physician; revising the timeframe in which nursing home facilities must furnish requested records of a current or former resident, etc.

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Bill History

1/7/2022
Filed
Senate
1/12/2022
Referred to Health Policy; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules
Senate
1/18/2022
Introduced
Senate
2/7/2022
On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 02/10/22, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
Senate
2/10/2022
Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
Senate
2/10/2022
Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Senate
3/12/2022
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Senate
3/14/2022
Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Senate

Roll Call Votes

Senate Health Policy
2/10/2022
10
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Failed(3/14/2022)
Chamber
Senate
Sine DiePrior Session

Sponsors

Democrat: 1

Primary Sponsor

Audrey Gibson
Audrey Gibson
Democrat

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/7/202235.9 KB
Veto Letter
Veto Letter2/10/2022382.7 KB
Veto Letter
Veto Letter2/9/2022380.4 KB