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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 759S.P. 298 In Senate, February 25, 2025
An Act to Increase Patient Safety in Long-term Care Facilities
Reference to the Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec. Page 1 - 132LR0046(01)
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2 is enacted to read:
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4 A long-term care facility shall equip a resident's bed with side rails if the resident or
5 the resident's legal guardian requests side rails or if side rails are necessary for the safety
6 of the resident. For purposes of this section, "long-term care facility" has the same meaning
7 as in section 2421-A, subsection 25.
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9 This bill requires a long-term care facility to equip a resident's bed with side rails if the
10 resident or the resident's legal guardian requests side rails or if side rails are necessary for
11 the safety of the resident.
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