Substitute for Raised H.B. No. 6987
Session Year 2025


AN ACT CONCERNING CLOSURES AND EVACUATIONS OF RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES AND NURSING HOMES.

To (1) require nursing homes and residential care homes to consider resident proximity to family and other support networks when transferring or discharging a resident, (2) require the Commissioner of Public Health to study nursing home and residential care home evacuation procedures relating to transportation, (3) require nursing homes and residential care homes to maintain insurance for residents' personal property lost or damaged as a result of an evacuation, (4) establish a database that provides real-time tracking of nursing home and residential care home bed availability, (5) establish an automated benefits transfer system to facilitate the transfer of benefits and payments when a nursing home or residential care home resident is transferred to a new facility on an emergency basis, and (6) require the Commissioner of Public Health to study methods to employ alternative housing solutions to provide living arrangements to residential care home residents impacted by mandated bed reductions.


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