Bill Text: CT HB05322 | 2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Pressure-redistribution Mattresses And Patient Care In Nursing Home Facilities.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-21 - File Number 62 [HB05322 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2012-HB05322-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Raised Bill No. 5322 | |||
February Session, 2012 |
LCO No. 1060 | |||
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Referred to Committee on Public Health |
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Introduced by: |
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AN ACT CONCERNING PRESSURE REDISTRIBUTION MATTRESSES AND PATIENT CARE IN NURSING HOME FACILITIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 19a-521b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2012):
(a) In each licensed chronic and convalescent nursing home, chronic disease hospital associated with a chronic and convalescent nursing home, rest home with nursing supervision and residential care home, at least a three-foot clearance shall be provided at the sides and the foot of each bed.
(b) On and after January 1, 2013, whenever a licensed chronic and convalescent nursing home, chronic disease hospital associated with a chronic and convalescent nursing home, rest home with nursing supervision or residential care home replaces a mattress, the replacement mattress shall be a pressure-redistribution mattress that is designed to help prevent pressure ulcers. Not later than October 1, 2015, each such facility shall replace all mattresses used in the facility with pressure-redistribution mattresses.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2012 |
19a-521b |
Statement of Purpose:
To require nursing homes to use pressure redistribution mattresses to help prevent residents from getting pressure ulcers.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]