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SB 974 Nursing homes; implementation of voluntary electronic monitoring in residents' rooms.

Introduced by: Harry B. Blevins-resigned 8/5 | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Nursing homes; electronic monitoring by patients. Directs the Board of Health to promulgate regulations governing the implementation of voluntary electronic monitoring in the rooms of residents of nursing homes, which shall include existing policies and procedures set forth in the Board's guidelines governing electronic monitoring of nursing home residents' rooms. This bill is identical to HB 2130.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Nursing homes and certified nursing facilities; electronic monitoring by patients. Provides that the governing body of a nursing home or certified nursing facility shall ensure that each patient admitted to the facility is informed of the right of any patient to implement electronic monitoring in the room in which he resides, the right of any patient to consent or refuse to consent to electronic monitoring in any room in which he resides, and the options available to any patient in cases in which he refuses to consent to electronic monitoring; directs the Board of Health to include in regulations governing nursing homes and certified nursing facilities provisions for the use of electronic monitoring devices by patients in nursing homes and certified nursing facilities that protect the rights of patients; and provides that no person shall be discharged or transferred from a nursing home or certified nursing facility solely because he implements electronic monitoring in any room in which he resides.