Provides for coordination between the department of health and the state long-term care ombudsman regarding residential health care facilities, including such facilities' compliance with state and federal law, and histories of complaints.
Creates the lymphedema and lymphatic diseases research grants program; provides such grants, not to exceed $50,000, would be awarded on a competitive basis to biomedical research institutions conducting direct research related to lymphedema and lymphatic disease.
Establishes the mandatory reporting by certain professional or official persons who come into contact with mentally or physically incapacitated persons who were abused including residents of assisted living and adult care facilities who may be abused, mistreated or neglected; provides reporting procedures and grants immunity for such reporting; provides criminal and civil penalties.
Specifies procedures for the closure and/or decertification of assisted living residences; requires certain review and disclosures to be completed within a certain time frame.
Establishes a health care proxy registry within the department of health to maintain the health care proxies of persons electing to submit proxies to such registry and to provide access thereto by attending health care providers and the principal of the health care proxy.
Requires certain residential adult care facilities that house individuals with traumatic brain injuries to hold a certification or professional license or employ a resident manager who holds a current professional license as a physician, nurse practitioner, registered nurse, licensed rehabilitation professional, certified brain injury specialist (CBIS) or licensed mental health professional who is trained and experienced in the care and rehabilitation of residents with traumatic brain injury.
Provides direct reciprocal certification for emergency medical technicians who possess a current certification from the national registry of emergency medical technicians.
Specifies procedures for the closure and/or decertification of assisted living residences; requires certain review and disclosures to be completed within a certain time frame.
Includes ambulatory surgery centers established exclusively to create and maintain vascular access necessary to dialyze patients with end stage renal disease as part of diagnostic or treatment centers to provide end stage renal disease services.
Requires the department of health to conduct 40% of its inspections on nursing homes outside of business hours; requires department of health inspections of nursing homes to be conducted without prior notice to a nursing home; requires an annual nursing home inspection report.