| Last Action | reassigned to Health & Welfare (H) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities. |
| Bill Documents |
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| Impact Statements | Fiscal Note |
| Bill Request Number | 428 |
| Sponsors | C. Rollins II, T. Riner |
| Summary of Original Version | 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. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Fiscal Note - Long-term care facilities, nurse staffing requirements, establishment of Disabilities and the Disabled - Long-term care facilities, nurse staffing requirements, establishment of Health and Medical Services - Long-term care facilities, nurse staffing requirements, establishment of Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Long-term care facilities, nurse staffing requirements, establishment of Medicaid - Long-term care facilities, nurse staffing requirements, establishment of Nurses - Long-term care facilities, nurse staffing requirements, establishment of |
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