General Assembly Committee Bill No. 2
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 2518
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Referred to Committee on Aging
Introduced by:
(AGE)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 2
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 2518
*_____SB00002AGEPH_030111____*
Referred to Committee on Aging
Introduced by:
(AGE)
AN ACT CONCERNING AIR CONDITIONING IN NURSING HOMES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 19a-522a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) On and after July 1, 2012, each nursing home facility shall have an air conditioning system in all resident rooms. Each nursing home facility shall submit a report to the department stating its compliance with this subsection or its plan to comply with the requirements of this subsection not later than July 1, 2011.
(b) A chronic and convalescent nursing home or a rest home with nursing supervision may maintain temperatures in resident rooms and other areas used by residents at such facilities at levels that are lower than minimum temperature standards prescribed in the Public Health Code provided temperature levels at such facilities comply with the comfortable and safe temperature standards prescribed under federal law pursuant to 42 CFR 483.15(h)(6). In accordance with section 19a-36, the Commissioner of Public Health shall amend the Public Health Code in conformity with the provisions of this section.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage 19a-522a
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
19a-522a
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