NURSING HOMES/FOOD SERVICE INSPECTIONS (NEW).

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View NCGA Bill Details2011-2012 Session
House Bill 622 (Public) Filed Tuesday, April 5, 2011
DIRECTING THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO STUDY HOW TO RECONCILE AND HARMONIZE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS IN CONTESTED CASES ARISING UNDER ARTICLE 3A OF CHAPTER 150B OF THE GENERAL STATUTES.
Intro. by McCormick, Stevens, Cleveland, Glazier.

Status: Ch. SL 2011-226 (House Action) (Jun 23 2011)
H 622/S.L. 2011-226

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Jun 30 2011 - View Summary

    AN ACT RELATING TO THE FREQUENCY OF FOOD SERVICE INSPECTIONS IN NURSING HOMES AND NURSING HOME BEDS LICENSED UNDER CHAPTER 131E OF THE GENERAL STATUTES THAT ARE ALSO CERTIFIED BY MEDICARE AND MEDICAID. Summarized in Daily Bulletin 6/3/11 and 6/7/11. Enacted June 23, 2011. Effective October 1, 2011.


  • Summary date: Jun 7 2011 - View Summary

    House committee substitute makes the following changes to 2nd edition. Amends proposed GS 130A-235(a1), concerning the frequency of food service inspections, to clarify that nothing in the statute prohibits the county from conducting an evaluation or inspection in response to a complaint or in the interest of public safety. Makes other clarifying change. Changes title to AN ACT RELATING TO THE FREQUENCY OF FOOD SERVICE INSPECTIONS IN NURSING HOMES AND NURSING HOME BEDS LICENSED UNDER CHAPTER 131E OF THE GENERAL STATUTES THAT ARE ALSO CERTIFIED BY MEDICARE AND MEDICAID.


  • Summary date: Jun 7 2011 - View Summary

    House amendment makes the following changes to 3rd edition. Amends proposed GS 130A-235(a1) to clarify that the frequency of food service inspections in nursing homes or nursing home beds will be reduced to a minimum of two inspections per year until October 1, 2012, and thereafter reduced to a minimum of one inspection per year, if the facility achieves a grade ‘A’ sanitation.


  • Summary date: Jun 3 2011 - View Summary

    House committee substitute makes the following changes to 1st edition. Deletes all provisions of previous edition and replaces them with AN ACT PROVIDING THAT NURSING HOMES AND NURSING HOME BEDS LICENSED UNDER CHAPTER 131E OF THE GENERAL STATUTES THAT ARE ALSO CERTIFIED BY MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SHALL BE LIMITED TO ONE INSPECTION PER YEAR UNLESS THE FACILITY RECEIVES A GRADE “B” OR LOWER ON ITS ANNUAL INSPECTION. Enacts new subsection (a1) to GS 130A-235, limiting the frequency of food service inspections in nursing homes or nursing home beds licensed under Part 1 of Article 5 or Part 1 of Article 6 of GS Chapter 131E and certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to one inspection per year. However, if the facility receives a grade “B” or lower, then the county may conduct inspections until the food service operation achieves a grade “A” sanitation score. Makes a conforming change to the bill title. Effective October 1, 2011.


  • Summary date: Apr 5 2011 - View Summary

    As title provides. Report is to be made to the 2012 Regular Session of the General Assembly.