Bill Text: CT HB06452 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Grievance Committees In Nursing Home Facilities.

Spectrum:

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-31 - File Number 864 [HB06452 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-HB06452-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 6452
January Session, 2011		LCO No. 3761
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Referred to Committee on Aging
Introduced by:
(AGE)

AN ACT CONCERNING GRIEVANCE COMMITTEES IN NURSING HOME FACILITIES.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2011) Each nursing home facility, as defined in section 19a-521 of the general statutes, shall establish a grievance committee consisting of (1) two employees of the nursing home facility appointed by the nursing home administrator, and (2) one resident elected annually by the residents of the nursing home facility. Such grievance committee shall (A) review and suggest changes, as necessary, to the grievance policy of the nursing home facility, and (B) resolve grievances made by residents in a timely manner.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2011	New section

AGE	Joint Favorable C/R	HS
HS	Joint Favorable