093_HB0088sam002
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".