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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1190
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 3607
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)
AN ACT REQUIRING NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED LIVING
FACILITIES TO BE EQUIPPED WITH AN AUTOMATED EXTERNAL
DEFIBRILLATOR.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) As used in this section: 1
(1) "Assisted living facility" means a facility operated by an assisted 2
living services agency, as defined in section 19a-490 of the general 3
statutes, that provides chronic and stable individuals with services that 4
include, but need not be limited to, nursing services and assistance with 5
activities of daily living and may have a dementia special care unit or 6
program, as defined in section 19a-562 of the general statutes; 7
(2) "Automated external defibrillator" means a device that: (A) Is used 8
to administer an electric shock through the chest wall to the heart; (B) 9
contains internal decision-making electronics, microcomputers or 10
special software that allows it to interpret physiologic signals, make 11
medical diagnosis and, if necessary, apply therapy; (C) guides the user 12
through the process of using the device by audible or visual prompts; 13
and (D) does not require the user to employ any discretion or judgment 14
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in its use; and 15
(3) "Nursing home" means (A) any chronic and convalescent nursing 16
home or any rest home with nursing supervision that provides nursing 17
supervision under a medical director twenty-four hours per day; or (B) 18
any chronic and convalescent nursing home that provides skilled 19
nursing care under medical supervision and direction to carry out 20
nonsurgical treatment and dietary procedures for chronic diseases, 21
convalescent stages, acute diseases or injuries. 22
(b) Not later than January 1, 2026, the administrator of each nursing 23
home and each assisted living facility shall (1) provide and maintain an 24
automated external defibrillator in a central location on the premises of 25
the home or facility, (2) make such central location known and accessible 26
to staff members and residents of the home or facility and family 27
members of such residents who visit the home or facility, (3) ensure that 28
at least one staff member of the home or facility, who is trained in 29
cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automatic external 30
defibrillator in accordance with the standards set forth by the American 31
Red Cross or American Heart Association, is on the premises of the 32
home or facility during all hours of operation, and (4) maintain and test 33
the automatic external defibrillator in accordance with the 34
manufacturer's guidelines. 35
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2025 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require nursing homes and assisted living facilities to be equipped
with an automated external defibrillator.
[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.]