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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 819
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 3689
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)
AN ACT PROHIBITING ASSISTED LIVING SERVICES AGENCIES AN D
CONTINUING CARE PROV IDERS OFFERING ASSISTED LIVING
SERVICES FROM REQUIR ING A THIRD-PARTY CONTRACT
GUARANTOR.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) No assisted living services 1
agency licensed pursuant to chapter 368v of the general statutes shall 2
require a third-party guarantee of payment in any contract for services 3
entered into after the effective date of this section. If a contract entered 4
into after the effective date of this section contains a provision 5
requiring a third-party guarantee of payment such provision shall be 6
void and unenforceable. The invalidity or unenforceability of any 7
contract provision under this section shall not affect any other 8
provision of the contract. 9
Sec. 2. Section 17b-523 of the general statutes is amended by adding 10
subsection (c) as follows (Effective from passage): 11
(NEW) (c) No provider of continuing care that includes assisted 12
living services shall require a third-party guarantee of payment in any 13 Raised Bill No. 819
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continuing care contract for admission or continued residency entered 14
into after the effective date of this section. If a contract entered into 15
after the effective date of this section contains a provision requiring a 16
third-party guarantee of payment such provision shall be void and 17
unenforceable. The invalidity or unenforceability of any contract 18
provision under this subsection shall not affect any other provision of 19
such contract. 20
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Sec. 2 from passage 17b-523
Statement of Purpose:
To apply to assisted living services agencies and continuing care
providers that offer assisted living services the same prohibition on
third-party guarantor contract requirements applied to nursing home
facilities.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]