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2023 SESSION
HB 1564 Nursing homes; standards of care, administrative sanctions.
Introduced by: Vivian E. Watts | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Nursing home standards of care; administrative sanctions; Long-Term Care Services Fund established. Requires regulations establishing the staffing and care standards in nursing homes to require a minimum number of hours of direct care services to each resident per 24-hour period, which minimum increases in specified phases from 3.5 hours to 4.1 hours. The bill gives the Commissioner of Health the power to impose administrative sanctions on nursing homes and directs the Board of Health to promulgate regulations related to the criteria and procedures for the imposition of administrative sanctions or initiation of court proceedings for violations of the bill. The bill establishes the Long-Term Care Services Fund for the purpose of making grants to assist in the provision of activities that protect or improve the quality of care or quality of life for residents, patients, and consumers of long-term care services.
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HISTORY
- 01/06/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101871D
- 01/06/23 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/07/23 House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions