Bill > A493

Introduced Session

This bill requires that the rules and regulations adopted for residential health care facilities include a requirement that all residential buildings at the facility have at least two staff members on duty at all times to provide resident supervision, which supervision may be a primary or secondary duty of the staff members. The rules and regulations are to additionally require that all residential health care facilities develop, maintain, and enforce a comprehensive plan concerning residents who leave the premises of the facility, including protocols for identifying and immediately reporting incidents in which a resident is missing for 24 hours. The Department of Health (DOH) oversees residential health care facilities that are located with, and operated by, another DOH-licensed facility, and the Department of Community Affairs oversees free-standing residential health care facilities that are not located with, or operated by, a DOH-licensed facility. Each department will be responsible for ensuring its respective rules and regulations concerning residential health care facilities are consistent with the requirements of the bill.

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Rob Clifton (R)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Committee (on 01/09/2024)

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