HOUSE BILL 154 |
HOUSE AUTHOR: Thompson et al. |
EFFECTIVE: 09-01-01 |
SENATE SPONSOR: Gallegos |
House Bill 154 amends the Human Resources Code to increase the personal needs allowance for certain residents of nursing homes, personal care facilities, intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded, or other similar long-term care facilities to not less than $60 a month and requires the development of an early warning system to detect fraud in the handling of the personal needs allowance and other funds of residents of long-term care facilities.
The bill also requires the Health and Human Services Commission to use liability insurance costs to determine the rates paid for nursing home services only for those homes that purchase liability insurance acceptable to the commission.