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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6985
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on AGING
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AN ACT CONCERNING NURSING HOME AND RESIDENTIAL CARE
HOME ABANDONMENT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) No nursing home or 1
residential care home, as such terms are defined in section 19a-490 of the 2
general statutes, shall abandon a nursing home or residential care home 3
resident. A violation of the requirements of this section shall constitute 4
a class A violation under section 19a-527 or 19a-527a of the general 5
statutes, as applicable. For the purposes of this section, "abandon" 6
means to desert or wilfully forsake a nursing home or residential care 7
home resident or forego, withdraw or neglect duties and obligations 8
owed by a nursing home or residential care home to a nursing home or 9
residential care home resident. 10
Sec. 2. Section 19a-524 of the general statutes is repealed and the 11
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 12
If, upon review, investigation or inspection pursuant to section 19a-13
498, the Commissioner of Public Health determines that a nursing home 14
facility or residential care home has violated any provision of section 15 Raised Bill No. 6985
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17a-876, 19a-491a to 19a-491c, inclusive, 19a-493a, 19a-521 to 19a-529, 16
inclusive, 19a-531 to 19a-551, inclusive, [or] 19a-553 to 19a-555, 17
inclusive, or section 1 of this act, or any provision of any regulation of 18
Connecticut state agencies relating to licensure, the Fire Safety Code or 19
the operation or maintenance of a nursing home facility or residential 20
care home, which violation has been classified in accordance with 21
section 19a-527, the commissioner may immediately issue or cause to be 22
issued a citation to the licensee of such nursing home facility or 23
residential care home. Governmental immunity shall not be a defense to 24
any citation issued or civil penalty imposed pursuant to this section or 25
sections 19-525 to 19a-528, inclusive. Each such citation shall be in 26
writing, provide notice of the nature and scope of the alleged violation 27
or violations, and include, but not be limited to, the citation and notice 28
of noncompliance issued in accordance with section 19a-496. Each 29
citation and notice of noncompliance issued under this section shall be 30
sent to the licensee electronically in a form and manner prescribed by 31
the commissioner or by certified mail at the address of the nursing home 32
facility or residential care home in issue. A copy of such citation and 33
notice of noncompliance shall also be sent to the licensed administrator 34
at the address of the nursing home facility or residential care home. 35
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2025 New section
Sec. 2 October 1, 2025 19a-524
AGE Joint Favorable