Bills by subject

Nursing homes and adult care

64 bills and resolutions. 16 became law, 1 was vetoed, and 22 never got a public hearing. They span 3 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2025–26 session.

This is the Legislature's own subject heading, not our category, so a bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under this term. Each count comes from the bill's official history.

Latest activity

The 5 bills on this subject with the newest recorded action.

SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 417 Visitation of a long-term care facility resident or hospital patient during a communicable disease outbreak.
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 1020 Grants for patient lift devices and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Apr 15, 2026
SB 1021 Fall prevention and recovery training, CPR and first aid certification, a duty to provide aid in certain residential facilities, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Apr 7, 2026
AB 1044 Grants for patient lift devices and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Apr 6, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 18

Mar 23, 2026
AB 50: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 119: Transfer of nursing home beds.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 255: Assisted living facility referral agencies and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 272: Eligibility for Family Care for individuals who are deaf-blind. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 418: Visitation of a long-term care facility resident or hospital patient during a communicable disease outbreak.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 20, 2026
AB 598: Consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 607: Housing and homelessness; emergency rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1043: Fall prevention and recovery training, CPR and first aid certification, a duty to provide aid in certain residential facilities, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 6, 2026
AB 1044: Grants for patient lift devices and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2026
SB 45: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law.

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Mar 23, 2026
SB 139: Transfer of nursing home beds.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 262: Assisted living facility referral agencies and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 272: Eligibility for Family Care for individuals who are deaf-blind. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2026
SB 417: Visitation of a long-term care facility resident or hospital patient during a communicable disease outbreak.
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 578: Consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 605: Housing and homelessness; emergency rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 15, 2026
SB 1020: Grants for patient lift devices and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 7, 2026
SB 1021: Fall prevention and recovery training, CPR and first aid certification, a duty to provide aid in certain residential facilities, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.

2011–12 session: 17

May 27, 2011
AB 7: Requiring certain identification in order to vote at a polling place or obtain an absentee ballot, verification of the addresses of electors, absentee voting procedure in certain residential care apartment complexes and adult family homes, identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation, creating an identification certificate issued by the Department of Transportation, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Aug 2, 2012
AB 40: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 302: Regulation of nursing homes, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 338: Collective bargaining for public employees, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 345: Arbitration agreements used by long-term care facilities, civil and criminal actions against health care providers and long-term care providers, use in civil and criminal actions and confidentiality of incident and occurrence reports, use as evidence of records given to a regulatory agency, use in criminal actions of records of reviews and evaluations of health care providers, limits on noneconomic damages, limits on punitive damages, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 477: Removing cap on enrollment of Family Care and other long-term care programs.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 554: The provision of information regarding health care benefits provided to certain assistance program recipients.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 568: Requirements for residential facilities that provide or promote themselves as providing specialized care for persons who have Alzheimer's disease or related dementia and providing penalties.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 6: Requiring certain identification in order to vote at a polling place or obtain an absentee ballot, verification of the addresses of electors, absentee voting procedure in certain residential care apartment complexes and adult family homes, identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation, creating an identification certificate issued by the Department of Transportation, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 27: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.

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Nov 18, 2011
SB 212: Regulation of nursing homes, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 233: Collective bargaining for public employees, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 244: Arbitration agreements used by long-term care facilities, civil and criminal actions against health care providers and long-term care providers, use in civil and criminal actions and confidentiality of incident and occurrence reports, use as evidence of records given to a regulatory agency, use in criminal actions of records of reviews and evaluations of health care providers, limits on noneconomic damages, limits on punitive damages, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 7, 2012
SB 357: Applying a service member's military education, training, or other experience for purposes of satisfying certain requirements for a professional credential.
Became law.
Mar 21, 2012
SB 380: Removing cap on enrollment of Family Care and other long-term care programs.
Became law.
Apr 5, 2012
SB 487: The provision of information regarding health care benefits provided to certain assistance program recipients.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 577: Protective placement.
Stopped in committee.

2009–10 session: 29

May 26, 2010
AB 75: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 152: Mandatory overtime hours and on-call time worked by health care workers and providing penalties.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 207: Requiring that patients be informed of health care facility use charges and that the charges be identified.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 252: Prohibiting smoking in indoor areas, in sports arenas, and in public conveyances and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 253: Prohibiting smoking in indoor areas, in sports arenas, in public conveyances, and at certain outdoor locations and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 259: The care and treatment of persons with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia in residential care facilities, reports on residential care facilities, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 389: Requiring nursing homes to notify residents of certain alleged violations and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 491: Requirements for employment as the commandant at a veterans home.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 526: Requiring informed consent before administration of psychotropic medication to a nursing home resident who has degenerative brain disorder.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 11, 2010
AB 614: Disclosure of information by health care providers and insurers and providing a penalty.
Became law.

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Apr 28, 2010
AB 684: Dementia specialist certification program and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 944: Agreements between political subdivisions to operate a nursing home or intermediate care facility.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
May 20, 2010
AB 947: Requiring certain identification in order to vote at a polling place or obtain an absentee ballot, verification of the addresses of electors, absentee voting procedure in certain residential care apartment complexes and adult family homes, identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation, creating an identification certificate issued by the Department of Transportation, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 951: Nullifying certain arbitration agreements between a resident and a nursing home or similar care facility.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 955: Abuse and neglect of patients and residents.
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2010
SB 96: Diversions under a community integration program of Medical Assistance-eligible persons from imminent entry into nursing homes.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 108: Mandatory overtime hours and on-call time worked by health care workers and providing penalties.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
May 20, 2009
SB 181: Prohibiting smoking in indoor areas, in sports arenas, in public conveyances, and at certain outdoor locations and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 199: Requiring certain identification in order to vote at a polling place or obtain an absentee ballot, verification of the addresses of electors, absentee voting procedure in certain residential care apartment complexes and adult family homes, and the fee for an identification card issued by the Department of Transportation.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 418: Disclosure of information by health care providers and insurers and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 470: Dementia specialist certification program and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
May 10, 2010
SB 491: Requiring an aging and disability resource center to perform a financial screening for, provide information to, and assist individuals choosing to participate in the self-directed services option (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Health Services).
Became law.
May 10, 2010
SB 494: Allowing nonprofit corporations to operate an aging and disability resource center (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Health Services).
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 538: Requiring nursing homes to notify residents of certain alleged violations and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 594: Requirements for residential facilities that provide or promote themselves as providing specialized care for persons who have Alzheimer's disease or related dementia and providing penalties.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
May 13, 2010
SB 609: Requiring informed consent before administration of psychotropic medication to a nursing home resident who has degenerative brain disorder.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 657: Abuse and neglect of patients and residents.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 673: Nullifying certain arbitration agreements between a resident and a nursing home or similar care facility.
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2010
SB 684: Agreements between political subdivisions to operate a nursing home or intermediate care facility.
Became law.

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