Last Action | 02/07/22: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 10) |
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Title | AN ACT relating to essential caregivers and declaring an emergency. |
Bill Documents |
Acts Chapter 10
Current/Final Introduced |
Bill Request Number | 253 |
Sponsors | J. Adams, R. Alvarado, D. Carroll |
Summary of Original Version | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to establish the right to designate an essential caregiver to visit a resident in-person at long-term care facilities, assisted-living communities, and state mental hospitals; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to establish conditions for essential caregiver visitation; EMERGENCY. |
Index Headings of Original Version |
Disabilities and the Disabled - Essential caregiver visitation, permit Effective Dates, Emergency - Essential caregiver visitation, permit Health and Medical Services - Essential caregiver visitation, permit Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Essential caregiver visitation, permit Mental Disability - Essential caregiver visitation, permit Mental Health - Essential caregiver visitation, permit State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, essential caregiver visitation Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, essential caregiver visitation Aged Persons and Aging - Essential caregiver visitation, permit |
Jump to Proposed Amendments | House Committee Substitute 1 |
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01/18/22 |
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01/19/22 |
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02/07/22 |
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Amendment | House Committee Substitute 1 |
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Summary | Retain original provisions; change the term "essential compassionate care visitor" to "essential personal care visitor"; allow more than one essential caregiver within a facility; delete language related to limiting essential caregiver visitation to one location within the facility; clarify that administrative regulations shall be promulgated within 14 days. |
Index Headings |
Disabilities and the Disabled - Essential personal care visitor, visitation requirements Health and Medical Services - Essential personal care visitor, visitation requirements Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Essential personal care visitor, visitation requirements Mental Disability - Essential personal care visitor, visitation requirements Mental Health - Essential personal care visitor, visitation requirements State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, essential personal care visitor, visitation requirements Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, essential personal care visitor, visitation requirements Aged Persons and Aging - Essential personal care visitor, visitation requirements |
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