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SB1410

Assisted living facilities; staffing during overnight hours.

Status:
Enacted

Chief Patron:
Monty Mason (D)

Session:
2019 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed House of Origin. Board of Social Services; regulations governing assisted living facilities; staffing during overnight hours.

Directs the Board of Social Services to amend regulations governing staffing of assisted living facility units with residents who have serious cognitive impairment due to a primary psychiatric diagnosis of dementia and are unable to recognize danger or protect their own safety and welfare to require that the following number of direct care staff members be awake and on duty during overnight hours: (i) when 22 or fewer residents are present, at least two direct care staff members; (ii) when 23 to 32 residents are present, at least three direct care staff members; (iii) when 33 to 40 residents are present, at least four direct care staff members; and (iv) when more than 40 residents are present, at least four direct care staff members plus at least one additional direct care staff member for every 10 residents or portion thereof in excess of 40 residents. This bill is identical to HB 2521. (Less)
  • Bill History

  • 01/08/2019 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104074D
  • 01/08/2019 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
  • 01/17/2019 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1410)
  • 01/25/2019 - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
  • 01/25/2019 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 19104988D-S1
  • 01/28/2019 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1410S1)
  • 01/28/2019 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
  • 01/29/2019 - Senate: Read second time
  • 01/29/2019 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
  • 01/29/2019 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 19104988D-S1
  • 01/29/2019 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1410S1
  • 01/30/2019 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/04/2019 - House: Placed on Calendar
  • 02/04/2019 - House: Read first time
  • 02/04/2019 - House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
  • 02/07/2019 - House: House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 02/07/2019 - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
  • 02/08/2019 - House: Read second time
  • 02/11/2019 - House: Read third time
  • 02/11/2019 - House: Committee amendments rejected
  • 02/11/2019 - House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
  • 02/11/2019 - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
  • 02/12/2019 - Senate: Enrolled
  • 02/12/2019 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1410ER)
  • 02/12/2019 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1410ER)
  • 02/12/2019 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 02/13/2019 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 02/14/2019 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 14, 2019
  • 02/14/2019 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2019
  • 02/21/2019 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 97 (effective 7/1/19)
  • 02/21/2019 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0097)