Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05147 Compare Versions

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55 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5147
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1010 Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
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1313 Introduced by:
1414 REP. MCCARTY, 38th Dist.
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1818 AN ACT PERMITTING NURSING HOMES TO INSTALL VIDEO
1919 CAMERAS IN THE ROOMS OF NONVERBAL RESIDENTS.
2020 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
2121 Assembly convened:
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2323 That title 19a of the general statutes be amended to permit nursing 1
2424 homes to install video cameras in the room of a nonverbal resident at 2
2525 the request and expense of such resident or their family and require 3
2626 that the nursing homes be notified of any suspected abuse or neglect of 4
2727 the resident seen on the video by the resident's family. 5
2828 Statement of Purpose:
2929 To increase the safety of nonverbal nursing home residents by
3030 enabling nursing homes to install video cameras in the room of a
3131 nonverbal resident when requested by the resident or a family member
3232 of the resident and at the expense of the resident.