Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05664 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/12/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5664
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 601
 *00601*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. MCCARTY, 38th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5664 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 601

*00601*

Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH 

Introduced by:

REP. MCCARTY, 38th Dist.

AN ACT REQUIRING THE INSTALLMENT OF VIDEO CAMERAS IN THE ROOMS OF NONVERBAL NURSING HOME RESIDENTS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That title 19a of the general statutes be amended to require nursing homes to install video cameras in the rooms of nonverbal residents to ensure their safety.

Statement of Purpose: 

To ensure the safety of nonverbal nursing home residents by requiring nursing homes to install video cameras in the rooms of such residents.