Bill Text: CT HB05587 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5587 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Resident Representation On The Boards Of Continuing-care Retirement Communities.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-30 - Public Hearing 02/05 [HB05587 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB05587-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5587*
*January Session, 2015*		LCO No. 899
		00899
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
REP. BARAM, 15th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING RESIDENT REPRESENTATION ON THE BOARDS OF CONTINUING-CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES.

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

That title 17b of the general statutes be amended to require continuing-care retirement communities to adopt bylaws that reserve a voting position for an established term on their boards of directors for a resident duly elected by other community members.

Statement of Purpose:

To give residents of continuing-care retirement communities greater input into decisions that impact them.