Liability wording falls from proposal

 
By Michael McNutt
Published: April 8, 2008

Language requiring nursing home operators to prove they have the financial ability to cover claims of resident abuse or neglect was stripped from a bill Monday, leaving proponents to fear the idea could be dead this session.

Senate Bill 1549 originally dealt with cleaning up language with the Medicaid False Claims Act , but the Senate substituted that language with the requirement that nursing homes should carry at ...


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