Bill Text: CT HB05453 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5453 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Streamlining Approval For Nursing Homes To Shelter Vulnerable Residents.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-22 - Referred to Joint Committee on Aging [HB05453 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-HB05453-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5453*
*January Session, 2013*		LCO No. 1801

Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
REP. HAMPTON, 16th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING STREAMLINING APPROVAL FOR NURSING HOMES TO SHELTER VULNERABLE RESIDENTS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That title 19a of the general statutes be amended to require the Department of Public Health to streamline the approval process for nursing homes to take in vulnerable residents during a declared state of emergency.

Statement of Purpose:

To ensure that nursing homes can play a role in helping to provide shelter and care to vulnerable elderly and ill residents in a declared state of emergency.