Group homes and children's residential facilities; licensure, certain information required. (HB597)
Introduced By
Del. Kathleen Murphy (D-McLean)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Group homes; licensure; certain information required. Requires every applicant for licensure or renewal of a license to establish, conduct, maintain, or operate or continue to operate a group home at which services for individuals with mental health or substance use disorder are offered to submit to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, together with such application, financial information; information about services and staffing; and a statement of (i) the legal name of the applicant and, if the applicant is an association, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation, the names and addresses of its officers, agents, sponsors, partners, shareholders, or members and (ii) the legal name under which the applicant, any entity that operates group homes that is affiliated with or under common ownership or control with the applicant, and any entity that operates group homes and that is affiliated with or under common ownership or control with any officer, agent, sponsor, partner, shareholder, or member of the applicant to which a license to operate a group home has been issued in any other state, together with a list of the states in which such licenses have been issued and the dates for which such licenses were issued. The bill also provides that in the case of an application for licensure as a children's residential facility, such application shall contain information regarding any complaints, enforcement actions, or sanctions against a license to operate a children's residential facility held by the applicant in another state and that the investigation into such application conducted by the Department of Social Services shall include consideration of any complaints, enforcement actions, or sanctions against a license to operate a children's residential facility held by the applicant in another state. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/06/2020 | Committee |
| 01/06/2020 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104953D |
| 01/06/2020 | Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions |
| 01/16/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (HB597) |
| 01/17/2020 | Assigned HWI sub: Behavioral Health |
| 01/27/2020 | House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered |
| 01/27/2020 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) |
| 01/27/2020 | Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations |
| 01/30/2020 | Committee substitute printed 20106676D-H1 |
| 01/30/2020 | Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources |
| 01/30/2020 | Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/30/2020 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
| 02/05/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (HB597H1) |
| 02/05/2020 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) |
| 02/05/2020 | Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/06/2020 | Read first time |
| 02/07/2020 | Read second time |
| 02/07/2020 | Committee substitute agreed to 20106676D-H1 |
| 02/07/2020 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB597H1 |
| 02/10/2020 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) |
| 02/10/2020 | VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/11/2020 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/11/2020 | Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services |
| 02/17/2020 | Assigned Rehab sub: Social Service and Corrections |
| 02/21/2020 | Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/24/2020 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/25/2020 | Read third time |
| 02/25/2020 | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/02/2020 | Enrolled |
| 03/02/2020 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB597ER) |
| 03/02/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (HB597ER) |
| 03/02/2020 | Signed by Speaker |
| 03/03/2020 | Signed by President |
| 03/12/2020 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020 |
| 03/12/2020 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020 |
| 04/06/2020 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 723 (effective 7/1/20) |
| 04/06/2020 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0723) |