HB318 Summary

• Renames the "Board of Home Medical Equipment Services Providers" to the "Board of Home Medical Equipment" and expands its regulatory authority over home medical equipment providers.

• Authorizes the board to employ an administrator and staff, adopt a seal, and establish reasonable fees for application, processing, inspection, and other administrative costs.

• Prohibits unlicensed provision of home medical equipment services and establishes penalties of up to $1,000 per day plus administrative fines, injunctions, and Class A misdemeanor charges for violations.

• Implements licensing requirements including annual renewal by August 31, a 60-day grace period for late renewal, provisional licenses for non-compliant providers, and provisions for license denial, revocation, or suspension based on specified grounds including fraud, criminal convictions, and regulatory violations.

• Provides disciplinary hearing procedures with 21-day notice requirements and allows the Governor to remove board members for attendance failures or misfeasance, malfeasance, neglect of duty, felony conviction, or inability to perform duties.