Nursing Homes - PASSED (AARP Opposed)
House Votes on HB 1239 & SB 804
House Bill 1239, by Representative Melo (companion Senate Bill 804, by Senator Albritton). The legislation is Chapter No. 2022-61, effective upon signature of the Governor. Minimum nursing home nursing staffing standards exist to ensure assistance for residents with tasks that are critical to quality health and long-term care. Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) complete most of these tasks, Activities of Daily Living (ADL), e.g., helping frail and elderly residents with mobility, toileting, cleaning genitals, replacing diapers, getting them out of bed and dressed, personal hygiene, helping them bathe, and turning them in bed. The legislation reduces the minimum nursing home nursing staffing standards and redefines providers of direct care. It reduces the number of hours of required CNA direct care from 2.5 hours to 2 hours per resident per day (a 20% reduction). It replaces CNA staffing hours with direct care hours by non-nursing staff who are not trained to provide direct bedside care (e.g., dietary, therapeutic, and mental health workers) for ADLs. AARP successfully advocated for removal of a provision in the initial legislation, which would have eliminated the mandatory moratorium on new admissions for nursing homes that fail to meet the minimum nursing home nursing and direct care staffing requirements. The legislation also provides for notice to claimants who have an unpaid adverse judgment against a nursing home when such nursing home submits a change of ownership application to the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA). If AHCA approves the change of ownership, the adverse final judgment becomes the responsibility and liability of the transferee, owner. During the legislative session, the following votes were taken: House Finance & Facilities Subcommitee (2/8); House Health Care Appropriations Subcommitte (2/14); House Health & Human Services (2/23); House Floor (3/4); Senate Health Policy (2/10); Senate Rules (3/1); and Senate Floor (3/7). Senate Votes on SB 804 & HB 1239
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Alexander
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Y Y Barnaby
Y Bartleman
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Arrington
Y Beltran
Y Benjamin
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Bell
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Botana Burton
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Campbell
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Chaney
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Diamond
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Duggan
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Fernandez-Barquin
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Garrison Gottlieb
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Grieco
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Hawkins
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Jenne
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LaMarca Maggard McClain
Y Massullo N McFarland
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Melo
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Omphroy
Albritton Berman Bradley Burgess
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Renner
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Robinson, W.
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Sabatini
Y Cruz
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Sirois
Gainer Harrell
Y Garcia Y Hooper
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Smith, D.
Y Hutson
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Tant
Mayfield Polsky Rouson Taddeo
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Trabulsy
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Valdés
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Woodson
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