Sen. George P. Shadid

Filed: 5/13/2005

 

 


 

 


 
09400HB2453sam001 LRB094 08680 DRJ 46552 a

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2453

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2453 on page 1, by
3 replacing lines 9 and 10 with the following:
4 "post-hospital care, whenever a patient who qualifies for the
5 federal Medicare program is hospitalized, the patient shall
6 be"; and
 
7 on page 1, line 12, by deleting "skilled"; and
 
8 on page 1, by replacing lines 14 and 15 with the following:
9 "hospital must inform the designated case coordination unit or
10 other pre-screening entity of the pending discharge"; and
 
11 on page 1, line 16, after "unit's", by inserting "or other
12 pre-screening entity's"; and
 
13 on page 1, line 26, by changing "assisted living and shared
14 housing" to "assisted living or shared housing"; and
 
15 on page 1, line 30, by deleting "or"; and
 
16 on page 1, line 31, after "Act", by inserting "; or (vi) any
17 agency licensed under the Home Health Agency Licensing Act";
18 and
 
19 on page 2, line 1, by deleting "annually"; and
 

 

 

09400HB2453sam001 - 2 - LRB094 08680 DRJ 46552 a

1 on page 2, lines 3 and 4, by changing "nursing homes" to
2 "nursing facilities"; and
 
3 on page 2, line 4, by changing "and hospice facilities" to
4 "hospice facilities, and home health agencies"; and
 
5 on page 2, line 10, by changing "24 hour" to "24-hour 24 hour".