H 591
Electronic Monitoring in Nursing/Adult Care Homes.
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Bill overview
An act enacting the g.u.a.r.d. (guaranteeing uninterrupted access to resident dignity) act to permit residents of nursing homes and adult care homes, and their families, to monitor residents through the use of electronic monitoring devices at the expense of the residents; To require nursing homes and adult care homes to provide a power source and mounting space for electronic monitoring devices; To prohibit nursing homes and adult care homes from refusing to admit residents because of a request to install an electronic monitoring device; To allow recordings from residents' electronic monitoring devices to be admissible IN criminal and CIVIL actions, subject to the rules of evidence; And to impose criminal penalties on nursing homes and adult care homes for violations of the g.u.a.r.d. Act.
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