Bill Title: Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Defines "infection control committee" and "infection preventionist". Provides that a person shall not be accepted for residency to an assisted living establishment or shared housing establishment if the person requires insertion, sterile irrigation, and replacement of catheter, except for routine maintenance of urinary catheters, unless the catheter care is self-administered or administered by a licensed health care professional or a nurse in compliance with education, certification, and training in catheter care or infection control by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with oversight from an infection preventionist or infection control committee. Requires an assisted living establishment or shared housing establishment that provides catheter care to one or more residents to designate at least one person as an Infection Prevention and Control Professional to develop and implement policies governing control of infections and communicable diseases. Makes other changes. Effective July 1, 2025.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)

Status: (Enrolled) 2024-06-21 - Sent to the Governor [HB5000 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Norine Hammond [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-094	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jackie Haas [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-079	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Charles Meier [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-109	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jason Bunting [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-106	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	N/A
Representative Yolanda Morris [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-009	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Dave Syverson [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-035	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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