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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5147
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 398
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. MCCARTY, 38th Dist.
AN ACT PERMITTING NURSING HOMES TO INSTALL VIDEO
CAMERAS IN THE ROOMS OF NONVERBAL 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 permit nursing 1
homes to install video cameras in the room of a nonverbal resident at 2
the request and expense of such resident or their family and require 3
that the nursing homes be notified of any suspected abuse or neglect of 4
the resident seen on the video by the resident's family. 5
Statement of Purpose:
To increase the safety of nonverbal nursing home residents by
enabling nursing homes to install video cameras in the room of a
nonverbal resident when requested by the resident or a family member
of the resident and at the expense of the resident.