SB2779 - Tennessee - Hospitals And Health Care Facilities

Companion Bill HB3645. Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - Limits sanction of probation to nursing homes rather than any "facility" regulated by the board for licensing health care facilities and clarifies that "licensed nursing personnel" are those nurses licensed under title 63, chapter 6 for purposes of assessing type B civil penalties against nursing homes. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 8. Fiscal Summary for *SB2779 / HB3645Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB2779 / HB3645 Present law authorizes the board for licensing health care facilities to place a facility on probation, if the facility has had at least two separate substantiated complaint investigation surveys within six months, where each survey had at least one deficiency cited at the level of substandard [...]

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