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Subcommittee allows counties to augment state nursing‑home surveys; HB 429, SB 376 pass unanimously
Summary
The Insurance and Pharmaceutical Subcommittee approved amendments to House Bill 429 and amended Senate Bill 376 to let counties hire inspectors to augment state nursing‑home surveys when the state is six months or more behind federal timeliness standards; the bills passed unanimously after committee discussion on data reporting and CMS tiering.
The Insurance and Pharmaceutical Subcommittee of the Health and Government Operations Committee on Wednesday approved amendments to House Bill 429 and amended Senate Bill 376 to allow counties to augment state nursing‑home survey teams when the Department of Health falls six months or more behind federal survey timeliness standards.
The measures, which the committee approved unanimously, require the Secretary of Health, on a county's request, to delegate authority so a county may augment state nursing‑home survey staff using county funds. "The department will have 45 days to initiate an MOU and develop a plan on how to implement the augmentation of staff," Lisa (Department of Health staff) told the committee during the bill summary.
Why it matters: committee members said counties have experienced delayed state inspections and sought…
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