Bill Text: CT HB05229 | 2014 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut House Bill 5229 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Expansion Of A Small House Nursing Home Pilot Program.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2014-06-06 - Signed by the Governor [HB05229 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-HB05229-Comm_Sub.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 5229*
*February Session, 2014*		LCO No. 1118
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Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
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AN ACT CONCERNING THE EXPANSION OF A SMALL HOUSE NURSING HOME PILOT PROGRAM.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 17b-372 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2014):

(a) As used in this section, "small house nursing home" means an alternative nursing home facility that (1) consists of one or more units that are designed and modeled as a private home, (2) houses no more than fourteen individuals in each unit, (3) includes private rooms and bathrooms, (4) provides for an increased role for support staff in the care of residents, (5) incorporates a philosophy of individualized care, and (6) is licensed as a nursing home under chapter 368v.

(b) The Commissioner of Social Services may [establish] expand, within available appropriations, a pilot program to support the development of [one] small house nursing [home] homes in the state, including, but not limited to, a facility at the Masonicare health facilities in Wallingford, in order to improve the quality of life for nursing home residents and to support a goal of providing nursing home care in a more home-like and less institution-like setting. The total number of beds under such [project] pilot program shall not exceed [two hundred eighty beds] three hundred eighty at all facilities.