| 14 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 15 | 21 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 17 | 23 | | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) (a) As used in this section, 1 |
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| 18 | 24 | | "nursing home" means (1) any chronic and convalescent nursing home 2 |
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| 19 | 25 | | or any rest home with nursing supervision that provides nursing 3 |
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| 20 | 26 | | supervision under a medical director twenty-four hours per day, or (2) 4 |
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| 21 | 27 | | any chronic and convalescent nursing home that provides skilled 5 |
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| 22 | 28 | | nursing care under medical supervision and direction to carry out 6 |
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| 23 | 29 | | nonsurgical treatment and dietary procedures for chronic diseases, 7 |
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| 24 | 30 | | convalescent stages, acute diseases or injuries. 8 |
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| 25 | 31 | | (b) On or before January 1, 2022, the Department of Public Health 9 |
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| 26 | 32 | | shall establish minimum staffing level requirements for nursing homes 10 |
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| 27 | | - | of at least four and one-tenth hours of direct care per resident per day, 11 |
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| 28 | | - | including seventy-five hundredths hours of care by a registered nurse, 12 |
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| 29 | | - | fifty-four hundredths hours of care by a licensed practical nurse and two 13 |
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| 30 | | - | and eighty-one hundredths hours of care by a certified nurse's assistant. 14 |
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| 31 | | - | (c) The Commissioner of Public Health, in consultation with the 15 |
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| 33 | + | of at least four and one-tenth hours of direct care per resident, including 11 |
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| 34 | + | seventy-five hundredths hours of care by a registered nurse, fifty-four 12 |
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| 35 | + | hundredths hours of care by a licensed practical nurse and two and 13 |
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| 36 | + | eighty-one hundredths hours of care by a certified nurse's assistant. 14 |
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| 37 | + | (c) The Commissioner of Public Health, in consultation with the 15 Raised Bill No. 1057 |
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| 41 | + | LCO No. 4993 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 46 | | requirements, (2) review and implement best practices for establishing 19 |
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| 42 | 47 | | and maintaining minimum staffing levels at nursing homes, (3) 20 |
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| 43 | 48 | | encourage nursing homes to adopt payment incentives for staff to work 21 |
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| 44 | 49 | | in a single nursing home, and (4) prohibit the hiring of any person 22 |
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| 45 | 50 | | subject to a consent order issued by the Department of Public Health for 23 |
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| 46 | 51 | | violations of health and safety regulations pertaining to nursing homes 24 |
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| 47 | 52 | | from working at a nursing home in any capacity. 25 |
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| 48 | 53 | | (d) The Commissioner of Social Services, in consultation with the 26 |
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| 49 | 54 | | Commissioner of Public Health, shall establish a minimum percentage 27 |
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| 50 | 55 | | of Medicaid reimbursement to nursing homes for the provision of direct 28 |
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| 51 | 56 | | care to nursing home residents. 29 |
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| 52 | 57 | | (e) The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations in 30 |
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| 53 | 58 | | accordance with chapter 54 of the general statutes to implement the 31 |
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| 54 | 59 | | provisions of this section. 32 |
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| 55 | 60 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 56 | 61 | | sections: |
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| 57 | 62 | | |
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| 58 | 63 | | Section 1 October 1, 2021 New section |
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