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| 7 | 5 | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7099 | |
| 8 | 6 | January Session, 2019 | |
| 9 | 7 | LCO No. 3416 | |
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| 12 | 10 | Referred to Committee on AGING | |
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| 15 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 16 | 14 | (AGE) | |
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| 20 | 16 | AN ACT INCREASING THE MINIMUM RATIO OF DIRECT CARE | |
| 21 | 17 | STAFF IN NURSING HOM ES. | |
| 22 | 18 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 23 | 19 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 25 | 21 | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section, 1 | |
| 26 | 22 | (1) "nursing home facility" means a chronic and convalescent nursing 2 | |
| 27 | 23 | home, and (2) "nursing staff" means registered and licensed practical 3 | |
| 28 | 24 | nurses licensed pursuant to chapter 378 of the general statutes and 4 | |
| 29 | 25 | nurse's aides registered pursuant to chapter 378a of the general 5 | |
| 30 | 26 | statutes. 6 | |
| 31 | 27 | (b) On and after October 1, 2019, each nursing home facility shall 7 | |
| 32 | 28 | have sufficient nursing staff available on site to maintain a daily 8 | |
| 33 | 29 | minimum staffing ratio of not less than three direct care nursing staff 9 | |
| 34 | 30 | hours per resident per day. 10 | |
| 35 | 31 | (c) The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt or amend 11 | |
| 36 | 32 | regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the 12 | |
| 37 | 33 | general statutes, to implement the provisions of this section. Such 13 | |
| 38 | 34 | regulations shall include, but need not be limited to, (1) the 14 | |
| 39 | - | establishment of a requirement for nursing home facilities to record the 15 Raised Bill No. 7099 | |
| 35 | + | establishment of a requirement for nursing home facilities to record the 15 | |
| 36 | + | number of nursing staff hours available on site to provide direct care to 16 | |
| 37 | + | residents, and (2) a definition of the term "direct care". 17 Raised Bill No. 7099 | |
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| 48 | 43 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following | |
| 49 | 44 | sections: | |
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| 51 | 46 | Section 1 from passage New section | |
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| 53 | - | AGE Joint Favorable | |
| 48 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 49 | + | To increase the minimum number of hours nurses and nurse's aides | |
| 50 | + | spend on patient care at nursing homes. | |
| 51 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, | |
| 52 | + | except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is | |
| 53 | + | not underlined.] | |
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