Nursing Facility Culture Change Accountability Board Archive
CMP Distribution Grants 2009-2010
The legislature in House Bill 09-1196 has directed this Board to commit $200,000 from the Nursing Home Penalty Cash Fund before 30 June 2010 toward measures that will improve the quality of life for residents in Colorado nursing facilities.
History of the Nursing Facility Culture Change Accountability Board
HB1196 – A bill for culture change
HB1196 Passed
We have great news that HB 1196 has passed through the legislature and is on its way to the Governor for signature.
The bill provides for money in the nursing home penalty cash fund to improve the quality of life for residents of nursing homes. The money can be used for consumer education to promote resident centered care in nursing facilities, and train state surveyors and ombudsman regarding resident directed care. It establishes an accountability board to provide recommendations on expenditures of the funds. The money allocated in 2009-2010 is $200,000 and for fiscal year 2010 and thereafter an amount equal to the lesser of the amount approved by the accountability board or twenty five percent of the money’s deposited into the nursing home penalty cash fund the immediate preceding year.
Penny Cook on Colorado Matters
Listen to Penny Cook talk about HB1196 on Colorado Matters. (You can also go to the Colorado Matters page on the CPR web site and look for the link from April 8.)
INDenver Times story about HB 1196
About the Bill
Colorado Culture Change Coalition is excited about HB1196 (PDF) that was just introduced in early February. Federal Civil Monetary Penalties (CMPs) and State CMPs/fines are imposed by the regulatory agencies that license nursing homes if a nursing home does not comply with regulatory standards.
Right now the money is used to help relocate residents in nursing homes when the nursing home shuts down. HB1196 is asking that a portion of that money be reallocated to a nursing home improvement and innovation fund so that it can be used to improve current nursing homes. HB1196 does not require any additional funding and does not use general fund money, so it is a smart, innovative move in these difficult financial times. There is also a safety net written into the bill so there is always adequate funding in case a nursing home closes and residents need to be moved.
Pioneer Network has a great document on their website (PDF) that explains how several other states have successfully begun using these CMP dollars to create change in their nursing homes.
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