January 30, 2002





SENATE BILL No. 225

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DIGEST OF SB 225 (Updated January 28, 2002 7:02 PM - DI 107)



Citations Affected: Noncode.

Synopsis: Nursing home inspections. Requires the state department of health to report to the select joint commission on Medicaid oversight concerning nursing home inspections. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the select joint commission on Medicaid oversight.)

Effective: July 1, 2002.





Miller




    January 7, 2002, read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services.
    January 29, 2002, reported favorably _ Do Pass.






January 30, 2002

Second Regular Session 112th General Assembly (2002)


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SENATE BILL No. 225



    A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning health.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

    SECTION 1. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2002] (a) The state department of health established by IC 16-19-1-1 shall report quarterly to the select joint commission on Medicaid oversight established by IC 2-5-26-3 concerning licensure inspections of health facilities under IC 16-28. The report must include the following information:
        (1) The number of:
            (A) inspections completed;
            (B) evening and weekend inspections;
            (C) citations issued per inspection, including the scope and severity of the citations for each type of inspection;
            (D) complaints received, investigated, and substantiated; and
            (E) complaints in each priority level.
        (2) The response time of the state department of health in investigating complaints.
        (3) A summary of the:
            (A) citations that have been appealed to:


                (i) an informal dispute resolution process; or
                (ii) an administrative law judge; and
            (B) results of the appeals.
        (4) An analysis of citations by scope and severity for each survey region.
        (5) A comparison of:
            (A) the statistics in subdivisions (1) through (4); with
            (B) similar statistics, where available, for:
                (i) other states in Region V of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; and
                (ii) the entire United States.
    (b) This SECTION expires July 1, 2007.