| Last Action | to Health & Welfare (H) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to minimum staffing requirements for long-term-care facilities. |
| Bill Documents |
Bill
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| Impact Statements | Fiscal Note |
| Bill Request Number | 1850 |
| Sponsor | D. Graham |
| 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 17-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 staffing ratios, implement Disabilities and the Disabled - Long-term-care staffing ratios, implement Diseases - Long-term-care staffing ratios, implement Health and Medical Services - Long-term-care staffing ratios, implement Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Long-term-care staffing ratios, implement Physicians and Practitioners - Long-term-care staffing ratios, implement Aged Persons and Aging - Long-term-care staffing ratios, implement |
| 03/04/14 |
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| 03/05/14 |
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Last updated: 8/27/2019 6:52 PM (EDT)