Bill Text: CT HB06690 | 2015 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut House Bill 6690 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Nursing Home Facility Minimum Staffing Levels.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-24 - Tabled for the Calendar, House [HB06690 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB06690-Comm_Sub.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 6690*
*January Session, 2015*		LCO No. 3221
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Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)

AN ACT CONCERNING NURSING HOME FACILITY MINIMUM STAFFING LEVELS.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section, (1) "nursing home facility" means a chronic and convalescent nursing home, and (2) "nursing staff" means registered and licensed practical nurses licensed pursuant to chapter 378 of the general statutes and nurse's aides.

(b) On and after October 1, 2015, each nursing home facility shall have sufficient nursing staff to maintain a daily minimum ratio of not less than two and three-tenths nursing staff hours per resident.

(c) If any nursing home facility experiences increased costs or expenditures complying with the provisions of this section, the Department of Social Services shall adjust such facility's Medicaid rates and provide payment for any such costs or expenditures within a reasonable period of time and retroactive to the date of such increased costs or expenditures.

(d) The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt or amend regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes, to implement the provisions of this section.