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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6000
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 2425
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. COOK, 65
th Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING LONG -TERM CARE FACILITIES TO DEVELOP A
PLAN FOR RESPONDING TO OUTBREAKS OF INFECTIOUS
DISEASE AND OTHER SITUATIONS THAT RESULT IN A REDUCTION
IN STAFFING CAPACITY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require all providers of 1
congregate long-term care facilities to develop and submit to the 2
Departments of Public Health, Mental Health and Addiction Services or 3
Developmental Services, as appropriate, for approval, an infectious 4
disease outbreak plan that is customized to each facility on national 5
best-practice standards for infection control, that includes, among other 6
clinical and administrative components, documentation of the means 7
through which the facility will secure and provide orientation to 8
supplemental or replacement staff in the event that an infectious disease 9
outbreak or another emergent or nonemergent situation that reduces the 10
facility's staffing capacity. 11 Proposed Bill No. 6000
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Statement of Purpose:
To ensure all long-term care facilities develop plans to address
outbreaks of infectious disease and other situations that reduce staffing
capacity.