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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6985 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2025 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 5067 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on AGING |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (AGE) |
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| 18 | 18 | | AN ACT CONCERNING NURSING HOME AND RESIDENTIAL CARE |
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| 19 | 19 | | HOME ABANDONMENT. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 21 | 21 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 23 | 23 | | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) No nursing home or 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | residential care home, as such terms are defined in section 19a-490 of the 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | general statutes, shall abandon a nursing home or residential care home 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | resident. A violation of the requirements of this section shall constitute 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | a class A violation under section 19a-527 or 19a-527a of the general 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | statutes, as applicable. For the purposes of this section, "abandon" 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | means to desert or wilfully forsake a nursing home or residential care 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | home resident or forego, withdraw or neglect duties and obligations 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | owed by a nursing home or residential care home to a nursing home or 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | residential care home resident. 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Sec. 2. Section 19a-524 of the general statutes is repealed and the 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | If, upon review, investigation or inspection pursuant to section 19a-13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 498, the Commissioner of Public Health determines that a nursing home 14 |
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| 42 | 44 | | 17a-876, 19a-491a to 19a-491c, inclusive, 19a-493a, 19a-521 to 19a-529, 16 |
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| 43 | 45 | | inclusive, 19a-531 to 19a-551, inclusive, [or] 19a-553 to 19a-555, 17 |
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| 44 | 46 | | inclusive, or section 1 of this act, or any provision of any regulation of 18 |
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| 45 | 47 | | Connecticut state agencies relating to licensure, the Fire Safety Code or 19 |
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| 46 | 48 | | the operation or maintenance of a nursing home facility or residential 20 |
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| 47 | 49 | | care home, which violation has been classified in accordance with 21 |
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| 48 | 50 | | section 19a-527, the commissioner may immediately issue or cause to be 22 |
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| 49 | 51 | | issued a citation to the licensee of such nursing home facility or 23 |
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| 50 | 52 | | residential care home. Governmental immunity shall not be a defense to 24 |
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| 51 | 53 | | any citation issued or civil penalty imposed pursuant to this section or 25 |
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| 52 | 54 | | sections 19-525 to 19a-528, inclusive. Each such citation shall be in 26 |
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| 53 | 55 | | writing, provide notice of the nature and scope of the alleged violation 27 |
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| 54 | 56 | | or violations, and include, but not be limited to, the citation and notice 28 |
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| 55 | 57 | | of noncompliance issued in accordance with section 19a-496. Each 29 |
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| 56 | 58 | | citation and notice of noncompliance issued under this section shall be 30 |
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| 57 | 59 | | sent to the licensee electronically in a form and manner prescribed by 31 |
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| 58 | 60 | | the commissioner or by certified mail at the address of the nursing home 32 |
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| 59 | 61 | | facility or residential care home in issue. A copy of such citation and 33 |
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| 60 | 62 | | notice of noncompliance shall also be sent to the licensed administrator 34 |
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| 61 | 63 | | at the address of the nursing home facility or residential care home. 35 |
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| 62 | 64 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 63 | 65 | | sections: |
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| 65 | 67 | | Section 1 October 1, 2025 New section |
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| 66 | 68 | | Sec. 2 October 1, 2025 19a-524 |
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