SAVIANO-RYDER-BUGIELSKI-CAPPARELLI-HOLBROOK AND BRADLEY. (BURZYNSKI) New Act Creates the Health Care Professional Credentialing Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall develop a standardized credentials verification program to provide guidelines to credentials verification organizations in providing a health care professional's core credentials data. Creates the Credentials Verification Advisory Council. Provides for registration of credentials verification organizations. Effective January 1, 2000. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes everything except the short title Section. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Adds reference to: New Act Deletes everything. Creates the Health Care Professional Credentials Data Collection Act. Establishes the Health Care Credentials Council consisting of 13 members. Requires the Department, in consultation with the council, to establish a uniform health care credentials form, a uniform health care recredentials form, a uniform hospital credentials form, a uniform hospital recredentials form, and uniform updating forms. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2000, hospitals, health care entities, and health care plans only require the uniform forms for the purposes of credentialing or recredentialing. Provides that the Department must establish a single credentialing cycle and a single site survey. Provides that the Department shall study the need for coordinated credentials data verification. Effective immediately. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 3. Provides that the claim of confidentiality shall not be invoked to deny a health care professional, health care entity, health care plan, or hospital access to or use of credentials data in any proceeding to challenge credentialing or recredentialing or in any judicial review. 99-02-18 H FIRST READING 99-02-18 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR RYDER 99-02-18 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BUGIELSKI 99-02-18 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR CAPPARELLI 99-02-18 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES 99-02-24 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE REG & REG 99-03-03 H DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 013-001-002 HREG 99-03-03 H PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE 99-03-16 H SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE 99-03-16 H HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE 99-03-18 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR HOLBROOK 99-03-19 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE 99-03-22 H THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 111-003-003 99-03-22 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BRADLEY 99-03-23 S ARRIVE IN SENATE 99-03-23 S PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 99-03-24 99-03-23 S CHIEF SPONSOR BURZYNSKI 99-03-24 S FIRST READING 99-03-24 S REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES 99-04-15 S ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE LICENSED ACT. 99-04-22 S POSTPONED 99-04-29 S POSTPONED 99-05-06 S AMENDMENT NO. 01-LICENSED ACT. S 99-05-06 S ADOPTED 99-05-06 S DO PASS AS AMENDED 008-000-000 SLIC 99-05-06 S PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-05-07 99-05-07 S SECOND READING 99-05-07 S PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-05-11 99-05-13 S FILED WITH SECRETARY 99-05-13 S AMENDMENT NO. 02-BURZYNSKI 99-05-13 S AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL 99-05-13 S AMENDMENT NO. 02-BURZYNSKI 99-05-13 S RULES REFERS TO SLIC 99-05-13 S FILED WITH SECRETARY 99-05-13 S AMENDMENT NO. 03-BURZYNSKI 99-05-13 S AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL 99-05-13 S AMENDMENT NO. 02-BURZYNSKI 99-05-13 S BE ADOPTED SLIC/007-000-000 99-05-13 S RECALLED TO SECOND READING 99-05-13 S AMENDMENT NO. 02-BURZYNSKI 99-05-13 S ADOPTED 99-05-13 S PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-05-13 99-05-14 S AMENDMENT NO. 03-BURZYNSKI 99-05-14 S BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SRUL 99-05-14 S RECALLED TO SECOND READING 99-05-14 S AMENDMENT NO. 03-BURZYNSKI 99-05-14 S ADOPTED 99-05-14 S PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-05-14 S THIRD READING - PASSED 058-000-000 99-05-14 H ARRIVE IN HOUSE 99-05-14 H PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01,02,03 99-05-14 H MOTION FILED CONCUR 01,02,03/SAVIANO 99-05-14 H MOTION REFERRED TO HRUL 99-05-14 H CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01,02,03 99-05-19 H BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION 01,02,03 99-05-19 H HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 1,2,3,/115-000-000 99-05-19 H PASSED BOTH HOUSES 99-06-17 H SENT TO THE GOVERNOR 99-08-16 H GOVERNOR APPROVED 99-08-16 H EFFECTIVE DATE 99-08-16 99-08-16 H PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0602 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary