Last Action | to Health & Welfare (H) |
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Title | AN ACT relating to the reporting of deaths in nursing homes. |
Bill Documents |
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Fiscal Note
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Bill Request Number | 67 |
Sponsors | T. Burch, T. Riner, L. Belcher, S. Westrom |
Summary of Original Version | Create a new section of KRS 216 to require each long term care facility or hospice facility to require a designated reporter to report all deaths to the appropriate coroner or medical examiner within 24 hours, in the case of a resident dying while away from the facility the report is required within 24 hours of the facility receiving notification of the death; require coroners or medical examiners to accept the report and, upon finding reasonable cause to suspect death as a result of maltreatment, to continue the investigation as a coroner's case, as a police report or as a report to the appropriate Commonwealth's attorney; amend KRS 216B.990 to create a Class C misdemeanor for the first offense when a designated reporter fails to report a death and a Class B misdemeanor for subsequent offenses; create a fine of $200 per week for long term care facilities that fail to designate an employee as the designated reporter; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to require the Attorney General to establish a Kentucky Multidisciplinary Commission on Adult Abuse and Neglect, require each investigation of a death in a nursing home to be conducted by a specialized multidisciplinary team, require local protocols to be developed in each county or by contiguous county groups specifying how state protocols are to be followed; amend KRS 216B.590 to require surveyors and investigators to undergo at least 2 hours of training surrounding evidence preservation following a death in a nursing home due to suspected abuse or neglect; create a new section of KRS chapter 216 to require each long term care facility to conduct a three hour Attorney General-approved training session every 2 years covering the prevention of adult abuse and neglect; amend KRS 209.990 to make failure to report the abuse or neglect of an adult a Class A misdemeanor. |
Index Headings of Original Version |
Aged Persons and Aging - Deaths in nursing homes, notification of coroners, investigation following certain Attorney General - Deaths in nursing homes, notification of coroners, investigation following certain Attorney, Commonwealth's - Deaths in nursing homes, notification of coroners, investigation following certain Coroners - Notification to coroners following deaths in nursing homes, investigation following certain Crimes and Punishments - Deaths in nursing homes, notification of coroners, investigation following certain Criminal Procedure - Deaths in nursing homes, notification of coroners, investigation following certain Health and Medical Services - Deaths in nursing homes, notification of coroners, investigation following certain Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Deaths in nursing homes, notification of coroners, investigation following certain Police, City and County - Deaths in nursing homes, notification of coroners, investigation following certain Fiscal Note - Deaths in nursing homes, notification of coroners, investigation following certain Local Mandate - Deaths in nursing homes, notification of coroners, investigation following certain |
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Last updated: 1/16/2019 3:43 PM (EST)