FIRSTREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.944
102NDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVECROSSLEY.
1957H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Toamendchapter198,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtoattendantcall
systemsincertainfacilities.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Chapter198,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe
2knownassection198.078,toreadasfollows:
198.078.1.Allassistedlivingfacilitiesandresidentialcarefacilitiesshallbe
2equippedwithanattendantcallsystemconsistingofanelectricalintercommunication
3system,awirelesspagersystem,abuzzersystem,orhandandanalogbells.
4 2.Anacceptablemechanismforcallingattendantsshallbelocatedineachtoilet
5roomandresidentbedroom.
6 3.Theattendantcallsystemshallbeaudibleintheattendant'sworkarea.
7 4.Foreverycallmadebyaresidentusingtheattendantcallsystem,thecall
8systemshallrecordthelengthoftimethatelapsesbetweenthecallandtheresponseto
9thecallbytheattendant.Alogofsuchresponsetimesrecordedbythecallsystemshall
10beavailabletothedepartmentduringanyinspectionconductedundersections198.525
11to198.528.
12 5.(1)Thedepartmentofhealthandseniorservicesshallestablishastandardfor
13themaximumlengthoftimeallowedtoelapsebetweenacallmadebyaresidentusing
14theattendantcallsystemandtheresponsetothecallbytheattendant.
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 15 (2)Anyfailurebyanassistedlivingfacilityorresidentialcarefacilitytomeetthe
16standardsetundersubdivision(1)ofthissubsectionshallbeconsideredadeficiencyto
17benotedinthefindingsofthesurveydescribedinsection198.528.
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