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2020 SPECIAL SESSION I

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SB 5026 Nursing homes; publication of information about certain communicable diseases.

Introduced by: Stephen D. Newman | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Nursing homes; publication of information about certain communicable diseases. Requires the Commissioner of Health to make available to the public information about confirmed cases of a communicable disease at nursing homes in the Commonwealth when a public health emergency related to such communicable disease has been declared. The bill requires such information to include (i) the name of each nursing home with at least one confirmed case of such communicable disease among the patients or staff of the nursing home, (ii) the total number of confirmed cases of such communicable disease among the patients of the nursing home, and (iii) the total number of confirmed cases of such communicable disease among the staff of the nursing home.


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