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Connecticut House Bill HB05257

Connecticut 2015 Regular Session

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1-Substitute House Bill No. 5257
1+General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5257
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3-Public Act No. 15-150
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5-AN ACT REQUIRING NOTICE OF ABUSE REPORTS CONCERNING RESIDENTS OF LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.
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12+AN ACT REQUIRING NOTICE OF NURSING HOME FACILITY OR RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME RESIDENT ABUSE.
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714 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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9-Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 17a-412 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2015):
16+Section 1. Section 17b-451 of the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (g) as follows (Effective October 1, 2015):
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11-(d) Such report or complaint shall not be deemed a public record, and shall not be subject to the provisions of section 1-210. Information derived from such reports or complaints for which reasonable grounds are determined to exist after investigation as provided for in section 17a-413, including the identity of the long-term care facility, the number of complaints received, the number of complaints substantiated and the types of complaints, may be disclosed by the Commissioner of Social Services, except that in no case shall the name of the resident or the complainant be revealed, unless such person specifically requests such disclosure or unless a judicial proceeding results from such report or complaint. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or section 17b-452, not later than twenty-four hours, or as soon as possible, after receiving a report pursuant to subsection (a) of this section concerning a resident of a long-term care facility, the commissioner shall notify such resident's guardian or conservator, if any, or legally liable relative or other responsible party. Such notification shall not be required when such guardian, conservator, legally liable relative or other responsible party is suspected of perpetrating the abuse, neglect, exploitation or abandonment that is the subject of the report. The commissioner shall obtain the contact information for such guardian, conservator, legally liable relative or other responsible party from the long-term care facility.
18+(NEW) (g) The Commissioner of Social Services shall require any nursing home facility or residential care home to keep on file for each resident in its care contact information for (1) a family member, as designated by such resident, or (2) a legal guardian of such resident, who shall receive information related to investigations of reports concerning such resident made pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. The commissioner shall immediately notify such designated family member or legal guardian whenever the commissioner has reasonable cause to believe that a resident has been the victim of abuse, neglect, exploitation or abandonment, provided such notification shall not be required when the designated family member or legal guardian is suspected of perpetrating the abuse, neglect, exploitation or abandonment.
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23+This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
24+Section 1 October 1, 2015 17b-451
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26+This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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34+Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
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36+In Subsec. (g), "keep on file" was changed to "keep on file for each resident in its care" and in Subsec. (g)(1), "a resident" was changed to "such resident" for clarity.
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