11RS House Bill 69

House Bill 69

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Last Action	to Health & Welfare (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to the reporting of deaths in nursing homes.
Bill Documents	Bill
Impact Statements	Fiscal Note Local Mandate
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

11/23/10	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
01/04/11	introduced in House to Health & Welfare (H)