KY HB157 | 2010 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-01-06 - reassigned to Health & Welfare (H)
Pending: House Health and Welfare Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]
Status: Introduced on January 5 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-01-06 - reassigned to Health & Welfare (H)
Pending: House Health and Welfare Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]
Summary
Create new sections of KRS 216B to require staff-to-resident ratios in long-term care facilities as a condition of licensure or relicensure; establish minimum staffing requirements; prohibit long-term care facilities from admitting new residents if the facility fails to comply with the minimum staffing requirements, beginning on the second day of noncompliance and continuing until six days after the required staffing is achieved, with exceptions allowed for weather emergencies and other similar events; require additional staffing based on the needs of the residents; exempt intermediate-care facilities for the mentally retarded, institutions for the treatment of mental illnesses, personal care homes, and family care homes from the minimum staffing requirements; create a 19-member board to review staffing requirements on an annual basis; establish a civil fine of no more than $1,000 for each day that the staffing requirements are not maintained.
Title
AN ACT relating to minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities.
Sponsors
Rep. Tom Riner [D] | Rep. Carl Rollins [D] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2010-01-06 | reassigned to Health & Welfare (H) | |
2010-01-05 | to Local Government (H) | |
2010-01-05 | introduced in House |
Kentucky State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB157.htm |
Text | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB157/bill.doc |