SB460 Summary

• Renames the Home Medical Equipment Services Providers Board to the Board of Home Medical Equipment and authorizes the board to employ an administrator, adopt a seal, and establish reasonable fees.

• Prohibits unlicensed provision of home medical equipment services and establishes a licensing requirement with annual renewal on August 31, including a 60-day grace period for late renewal and processes for renewing lapsed licenses.

• Authorizes the Governor to remove board members for failing to attend three consecutive meetings or for misfeasance, malfeasance, neglect of duty, felony conviction, or permanent inability to perform duties.

• Establishes grounds for denying, suspending, or revoking licenses including felony conviction, ethical violations, fraud, rule violations, and failure to cooperate with inspections; provides for disciplinary hearings and informal settlement options.

• Imposes penalties for unlicensed practice including administrative fines up to $1,000 per day, administrative injunctions, additional fines up to $1,000 per violation, civil penalties of $50 per day in court injunctions, and criminal penalties as a Class A misdemeanor upon conviction.