Bill Text: CT SB00143 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 143 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Expanding The Patient Bill Of Rights For Long-term Care Residents.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-18 - Referred to Joint Committee on Aging [SB00143 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-SB00143-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 143*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 2368
		02368
Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
SEN. KELLY, 21st Dist.

AN ACT EXPANDING THE PATIENT BILL OF RIGHTS FOR LONG-TERM CARE RESIDENTS.

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

That section 19a-550 of the general statutes be amended to include transfers of a resident within a long-term care facility among those transfers governed by the nursing home patients' bill of rights.

Statement of Purpose:

To expand patient rights regarding transfers within a long-term care facility.