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.
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.
Requires reporting on the status of issues at residential health care facilities to the state long-term care ombudsman.
Requires reporting on the status of issues at residential health care facilities to the state long-term care ombudsman.
Allows personal caregivers to visit residents of adult care facilities at any time, in compliance with federal and state laws and regulations.
Allows personal caregivers to visit residents of adult care facilities at any time, in compliance with federal and state laws and regulations.
Provides for updates to rates for residential health care facilities.
Provides for updates to rates for residential health care facilities.
Requires nursing homes and certain facilities to provide health care proxy forms to patients at or prior to admission to such facilities; requires the facility to file such health care proxies with the department of health.
Requires the commissioner of health to promulgate rules and regulations requiring nursing homes and residential health care facilities to test all residents of such nursing homes and residential healthcare facilities for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).