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                                     LRB093 02345 AMC 15936 a

 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 88

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 88 on  page  4,  by
 3    replacing lines 7 through 15 with the following:
 4        "No  later  than  January  1  2004,  the Department shall
 5    report to the Governor and the General Assembly whether  each
 6    State-operated    facility   for   the   mentally   ill   and
 7    developmentally  disabled  under  the  jurisdiction  of   the
 8    Department  and  all  services  provided  in those facilities
 9    comply with all of the applicable standards  adopted  by  the
10    Social   Security   Administration   under  Subchapter  XVIII
11    (Medicare)  of   the   Social   Security   Act   (42   U.S.C.
12    1395-1395ccc),  if  the facility and services may be eligible
13    for federal financial participation under that  federal  law.
14    For  those  facilities  that  do  comply,  the  report  shall
15    indicate  what  actions  need to be taken to ensure continued
16    compliance. For those facilities  that  do  not  comply,  the
17    report  shall indicate what actions need to be taken to bring
18    each facility into compliance."; and

19    on page 5, in line 22, by replacing "Where" with "Subject  to
20    specific appropriation, where"; and

21    on  page  12,  by  replacing  lines  21  through  26 with the
22    following: "findings and recommendations.  The  appropriation
23    for  the  Office  of Inspector General shall be separate from
 
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 1    the  overall  appropriation  for  the  Department  of   Human
 2    Services.  The Inspector General shall"; and

 3    on  page  16,  by  replacing  lines  8  through  14  with the
 4    following:
 5    "implemented. Within 60 days after the Secretary has approved
 6    the response, the facility or agency shall send notice of the
 7    completion of the corrective action or shall send an  updated
 8    implementation  report. The facility or agency shall continue
 9    sending updated implementation reports every  60  days  until
10    the  facility  or  agency sends a notice of the completion of
11    the corrective action. The Inspector General shall review any
12    implementation plan  that  takes  more  than  120  days.  The
13    Inspector  General  shall monitor compliance through a random
14    review of completed corrective actions. This  monitoring  may
15    include,  but  need not be limited to, site visits, telephone
16    contacts, or requests  for  written  documentation  from  the
17    facility  or  agency  to  determine  whether  the facility or
18    agency is in compliance  with  the  approved  response.   The
19    facility or agency shall inform the".