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Latest Action: 07/12/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 570 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1069. Aged Persons - Increases from $13.00 to $19.00 per day reimbursement from department of health for residents of residential homes for the aged whose total income does not exceed $600 per month and whose income is limited to payments made under the Social Security Act. - Amends TCA Section 12-4-320. Fiscal Summary for *HB1011 / SB1069(Corrected) Increase State Expenditures - $1,057,600 Bill Summary for *HB1011 / SB1069 ON JUNE 12, 2007, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #2 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1069, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #2 changes the maximum income under the reimbursement provision from $600 per month" to "the current amount paid as supplementary security income (SSI). ON JUNE 12, 2007, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 1069 FOR HOUSE BILL 1011, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1, AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1069, AS AMENDED.[...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Public Health and Family Assistance of HHouse Resolution of Health & Human Resources Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1405. Aged Persons - Establishes a pilot project for home and community-based services for 200 elderly citizens in an urban county. - Amends TCA Title 71. Fiscal Summary for *HB1023 / SB1405 Increase State Expenditures - $9,840,800 Bill Summary for *HB1023 / SB1405 This bill requires the commissioner of health to enter into a grant agreement for a pilot project with Senior Citizen's, Inc. involving managed home and community-based long-term care services for elderly citizens. The pilot project would be based in a major urban county with a metropolitan form of government and a contiguous suburban county. The pilot project would only serve those persons in the project area who would be eligible for nursing home admission under the Medicaid program. The project would provide services to 200 elderly citizens annually to enable them [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Public Health and Family Assistance of HHouse Resolution of Health & Human Resources Committee Bill TextAged Persons - Requires the commissioner of health to include a report on home and community-based services as a part of the annual implementation report concerning implementation of the long-term care services plan to legislative committees. - Amends TCA Title 71. Fiscal Summary for *HB1025 / SB1406Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Public Health and Family Assistance of HHR Bill TextAged Persons - Increases reimbursement per day from department of health for certain residents of certain residential homes for the aged from $13.00 to $18.00. - Amends TCA Section 12-4-320. Fiscal Summary for *HB1026 / SB1039 Increase State Expenditures - $291,600
Latest Action: 06/06/2007 - Action Deferred in Subcommittee Budget of Finance, Ways and Means Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1966. Aged Persons - Adds improper use of private funds to definition of "exploitation" for Adult Protection statute. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for HB1868 / *SB1966Increase State Expenditures - $6,103,500 Recurring $292,700 One-Time Bill Summary for HB1868 / *SB1966 Present law requires any person who has reasonable cause to suspect that a disabled or elderly adult who relies on other persons for care has suffered abuse, neglect, or exploitation to report such activity to the department of human services for investigation and notification of law enforcement. "Exploitation" is the improper use by a caretaker of funds that have been paid by a governmental agency to the adult or to the caretaker for the use or care of the adult. This bill expands the definition of exploitation of [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/02/2007 - Sponsor change. Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2254. Aged Persons - Revises provisions governing the composition of the commission on aging and disability. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 13; Title 33; Title 34; Title 49; Title 55; Title 56; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71. Fiscal Summary for *HB2334 / SB2254 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB2334 / SB2254 This bill encourages that one half, rather than one third, of the membership of the commission on aging and disability be representative of the population served by the commission. NOTE: The directory language in this bill purports to amend Section 71-2-104(a), but the affected language appears in 71-2-104(b).
Latest Action: 06/11/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Finance, Ways and Means Comm. Bill TextAged Persons - Increases reimbursement per day from department of health for certain residents of certain residential homes for the aged from $13.00 to $18.00. - Amends TCA Section 12-4-320. Fiscal Summary for SB1039 / *HB1026 Increase State Expenditures - $291,600
Latest Action: 07/12/2007 - Public Chapter 570 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1011. Aged Persons - Increases from $13.00 to $19.00 per day reimbursement from department of health for residents of residential homes for the aged whose total income does not exceed $600 per month and whose income is limited to payments made under the Social Security Act. - Amends TCA Section 12-4-320. Fiscal Summary for SB1069 / *HB1011(Corrected) Increase State Expenditures - $1,057,600 Bill Summary for SB1069 / *HB1011 ON JUNE 12, 2007, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #2 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1069, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #2 changes the maximum income under the reimbursement provision from $600 per month" to "the current amount paid as supplementary security income (SSI). ON JUNE 12, 2007, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 1069 FOR HOUSE BILL 1011, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1, AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1069, AS AMENDED.[...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate GW,H&House Resolution Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1023. Aged Persons - Establishes a pilot project for home and community-based services for 200 elderly citizens in an urban county. - Amends TCA Title 71. Fiscal Summary for SB1405 / *HB1023 Increase State Expenditures - $9,840,800 Bill Summary for SB1405 / *HB1023 This bill requires the commissioner of health to enter into a grant agreement for a pilot project with Senior Citizen's, Inc. involving managed home and community-based long-term care services for elderly citizens. The pilot project would be based in a major urban county with a metropolitan form of government and a contiguous suburban county. The pilot project would only serve those persons in the project area who would be eligible for nursing home admission under the Medicaid program. The project would provide services to 200 elderly citizens annually to enable them [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate GW,H&House Resolution Comm. Bill TextAged Persons - Requires the commissioner of health to include a report on home and community-based services as a part of the annual implementation report concerning implementation of the long-term care services plan to legislative committees. - Amends TCA Title 71. Fiscal Summary for SB1406 / *HB1025Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
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Latest Action: 06/06/2008 - Public Chapter 1005 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4156. Welfare - Creates Class A misdemeanor of reporting an accusation of abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an adult, if the person knows or should know accusation is false; creates Class A misdemeanor of knowingly causing another to report such an accusation if the person knows or should know accusation is false; revises other provisions regarding protection of adults, including provision for the state bearing the cost of a guardian ad litem for an indigent adult. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 6, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for *HB4112 / SB4156Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase Local Revenue - Not Significant Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant A more precise cost estimate is not possible because the Department of Human Services has not provided any information to assist in the preparation of this fiscal [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/06/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 1005 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4112. Welfare - Creates Class A misdemeanor of reporting an accusation of abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an adult, if the person knows or should know accusation is false; creates Class A misdemeanor of knowingly causing another to report such an accusation if the person knows or should know accusation is false; revises other provisions regarding protection of adults, including provision for the state bearing the cost of a guardian ad litem for an indigent adult. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 6, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for SB4156 / *HB4112Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase Local Revenue - Not Significant Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant A more precise cost estimate is not possible because the Department of Human Services has not provided any information to assist in the preparation of this fiscal [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/12/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Industrial Impact of COM Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2542. Codes - Requires housing designated for persons age 55 or older to meet certain requirements in counties and cities that have adopted building codes. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 20 and Title 6, Chapter 54. Fiscal Summary for HB3853 / *SB2542 Increase Local Revenue - Exceeds $50,000 Increase Local Expenditures* - Exceeds $603,000 Bill Summary for HB3853 / *SB2542 This bill requires that any developments proposed with a concept plan for persons aged 55 years or more include certain amenities in 25 percent of private dwellings and 100 percent of rental dwelling units. The mandatory amenities would be: (1) Parking spaces located no more than 100 feet from each accessible entrance to a dwelling, including every entrance of a multi-entrance building; (2) The minimum general requirements for housing for [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/07/2008 - Held on desk. Bill TextSunset Laws - Commission on aging and disability, June 30, 2012. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 71, Chapter 2. Fiscal Summary for HB3548 / *SB2429 MINIMAL
Latest Action: 07/02/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 1178 Bill TextAged Persons - Increases from $19.00 to $25.00 per day reimbursement from department of health for residents of residential homes for the aged whose total income does not exceed $600 per month and whose income is limited to payments made under the Social Security Act. - Amends TCA Section 12-4-320. Fiscal Summary for HB3332 / *SB3150Increase State Expenditures - $435,800
Latest Action: 07/02/2008 - Public Chapter 1178 Bill TextAged Persons - Increases from $19.00 to $25.00 per day reimbursement from department of health for residents of residential homes for the aged whose total income does not exceed $600 per month and whose income is limited to payments made under the Social Security Act. - Amends TCA Section 12-4-320. Fiscal Summary for *SB3150 / HB3332Increase State Expenditures - $435,800
Latest Action: 01/10/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate C,L&A Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3853. Codes - Requires housing designated for persons age 55 or older to meet certain requirements in counties and cities that have adopted building codes. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 20 and Title 6, Chapter 54. Fiscal Summary for *SB2542 / HB3853 Increase Local Revenue - Exceeds $50,000 Increase Local Expenditures* - Exceeds $603,000 Bill Summary for *SB2542 / HB3853 This bill requires that any developments proposed with a concept plan for persons aged 55 years or more include certain amenities in 25 percent of private dwellings and 100 percent of rental dwelling units. The mandatory amenities would be: (1) Parking spaces located no more than 100 feet from each accessible entrance to a dwelling, including every entrance of a multi-entrance building; (2) The minimum general requirements for housing for [...] show full description
Latest Action: 01/10/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Govt. OpSenate Comm. Bill TextSunset Laws - Commission on aging and disability, June 30, 2012. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 71, Chapter 2. Fiscal Summary for *SB2429 / HB3548 MINIMAL
Latest Action: 04/18/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: SenateGW,H&House Resolution Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB2334. Aged Persons - Revises provisions governing the composition of the commission on aging and disability. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 13; Title 33; Title 34; Title 49; Title 55; Title 56; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71. Fiscal Summary for SB2254 / *HB2334 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB2254 / *HB2334 This bill encourages that one half, rather than one third, of the membership of the commission on aging and disability be representative of the population served by the commission. NOTE: The directory language in this bill purports to amend Section 71-2-104(a), but the affected language appears in 71-2-104(b).
Latest Action: 06/06/2007 - Action Deferred in Subcommittee Budget of Finance, Ways and Means Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1966. Aged Persons - Adds improper use of private funds to definition of "exploitation" for Adult Protection statute. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for HB1868 / *SB1966Increase State Expenditures - $6,103,500 Recurring $292,700 One-Time Bill Summary for HB1868 / *SB1966 Present law requires any person who has reasonable cause to suspect that a disabled or elderly adult who relies on other persons for care has suffered abuse, neglect, or exploitation to report such activity to the department of human services for investigation and notification of law enforcement. "Exploitation" is the improper use by a caretaker of funds that have been paid by a governmental agency to the adult or to the caretaker for the use or care of the adult. This bill expands the definition of exploitation of [...] show full description
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