Connecticut 2022 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SB 371 — AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO ADJACENTLY LOCATED AND COMMONLY OWNED OR OPERATED FACILITIES BY INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL SPECIALISTS AND THE PROVISION OF ASSISTED LIVING SERVICES BY CERTAIN ELDERLY HOUSING COMPLEXES.

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General Assembly Raised Bill No.
Senate General Assembly File No.
371 February Session, 2022 LCO No.
318 February Session, 2022 Substitute Senate Bill No.
2757 Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH Introduced by:
371 Senate, April 5, 2022 The Committee on Public Health reported through SEN.
(PH) AN ACT ALLOWING INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL SPECIALISTS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO ADJACENTLY LOCATED AND COMMONLY OWNED OR OPERATED FACILITIES.
DAUGHERTY ABRAMS of the 13th Dist., Chairperson of the Committee on the part of the Senate, that the substitute bill ought to pass.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO ADJACENTLY LOCATED AND COMMONLY OWNED OR OPERATED FACILITIES BY INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL SPECIALISTS AND THE PROVISION OF ASSISTED LIVING SERVICES BY CERTAIN ELDERLY HOUSING COMPLEXES.
[, and sections 9 and 11 of public act 21-185:] (1) "Nursing home" means any chronic and convalescent nursing home or any rest home with nursing supervision that provides nursing supervision under a medical director twenty-four hours per day, or any chronic and convalescent nursing home that provides skilled nursing care under medical supervision and direction to carry out nonsurgical treatment and dietary procedures for chronic diseases, convalescent stages, acute diseases or injuries;
[, and sections 9 and 11 of public act 21-185:] (1) "Nursing home" means any chronic and convalescent nursing home or any rest home with nursing supervision that provides nursing supervision under a medical director twenty-four hours per day, or any chronic and convalescent nursing home that provides skilled nursing care under medical supervision and direction to carry out nonsurgical sSB371 / File No.
and (2) "Dementia special care unit" means the unit of any assisted living LCO No.
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2757 1 of 4 Raised Bill No.371 facility that locks, secures, segregates or provides a special program or unit for residents with a diagnosis of probable Alzheimer's disease, dementia or other similar disorder, in order to prevent or limit access by a resident outside the designated or separated area, or that advertises or markets the facility as providing specialized care or services for persons suffering from Alzheimer's disease or dementia.
318 treatment and dietary procedures for chronic diseases, convalescent stages, acute diseases or injuries;
and (2) "Dementia special care unit" means the unit of any assisted living facility that locks, secures, segregates or provides a special program or unit for residents with a diagnosis of probable Alzheimer's disease, dementia or other similar disorder, in order to prevent or limit access by a resident outside the designated or separated area, or that advertises or markets the facility as providing specialized care or services for persons suffering from Alzheimer's disease or dementia.
(4) The provision of training on infection prevention and control methods to supplemental or replacement staff of the nursing home or dementia special care unit in the event an infectious disease outbreak or other situation reduces the staffing levels of the home or unit;
(4) The provision of training on infection prevention and control methods to supplemental or replacement staff of the nursing home or sSB371 / File No.
and (5) Any other duties or responsibilities deemed appropriate for the LCO No.
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318 dementia special care unit in the event an infectious disease outbreak or other situation reduces the staffing levels of the home or unit;
371 infection prevention and control specialist, as determined by the nursing home or dementia special care unit.
and (5) Any other duties or responsibilities deemed appropriate for the infection prevention and control specialist, as determined by the nursing home or dementia special care unit.
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Subdivision (2) of section 19a-693 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2022):
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318 (2) "Assisted living services" means nursing services and assistance with activities of daily living provided to residents living within (A) a managed residential community having supportive services that encourage persons primarily fifty-five years of age or older to maintain a maximum level of independence, or (B) an elderly housing complex receiving assistance and funding through the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assisted Living Conversion Program.
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Section 19a-564 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2022):
(a) The Commissioner of Public Health shall license assisted living services agencies, as defined in section 19a-490.
A managed residential community wishing to provide assisted living services shall become licensed as an assisted living services agency or shall arrange for assisted living services to be provided by another entity that is licensed as an assisted living services agency.
(b)A managed residentialcare community that intendsto arrange for assistedlivingservicesshallonlydosowithacurrentlylicensedassisted living services agency.
Such managed residential community shall submit an application to arrange for the assisted living services to the Department of Public Health in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner.
(c) An elderly housing complex receiving assistance and funding through the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assisted Living Conversion Program that intends to arrange for assisted living services may do so with a currently licensed assisted living services agency.
Such elderly housing complex shall inform the Department of Public Health of the arrangement upon request in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner and shall not berequired toregister withthedepartment asamanaged residential community.
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318 [(c)] (d) An assisted living services agency providing services as a dementia special care unit or program, as defined in section 19a-562, shall obtain approval for such unit or program from the Department of Public Health.
Such assisted living services agencies shall ensure that theyhaveadequatestafftomeettheneedsoftheresidents.Eachassisted living services agency that provides services as a dementia special care unit or program, as defined in section 19a-562, shall submit to the Department of Public Health a list of dementia special care units or locations and their staffing plans for any such units and locations when completing an initial or a renewal licensure application, or upon request from the department.
[(d)] (e) An assisted living services agency shall ensure that (1) all services being provided on an individual basis to clients are fully understood and agreed upon between either the client or the client's representative, and (2) the client or the client's representative are made aware of the cost of any such services.
[(e)] (f) The Department of Public Health may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of this section.
Section 1 July 1, 2022 19a-563 LCO No.
Section 1 July 1, 2022 19a-563 Sec.
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2 July 1, 2022 19a-693(2) Sec.
371 Statement of Purpose:
3 July 1, 2022 19a-564 PH Joint Favorable Subst.
To permit infection prevention and control specialists to provide services to adjacently located and commonly owned or operated facilities and permit the Commissioner of Public Health to waive infection prevention and control specialist requirements.
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Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] LCO No.
318 The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose.
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In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge.
Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.
OFA Fiscal Note State Impact:
None Municipal Impact:
None Explanation The bill allows infection prevention and control specialists to provide services at both a nursing home and dementia special care unit or at two nursing homes that are (1) next to each other or onthe same campus and (2) commonly owned or operated.
It allows the Department of Public Health (DPH) commissioner to waive thelaw’sinfectionpreventionandcontrolspecialist requirements if she determines that doing so would not endanger the life, safety, or health of the facilities’ residents or employees.
This bill has no fiscal impact to DPH as the agency has the ability to investigate any complaints through normal regulatory activities.
The Out Years State Impact:
None Municipal Impact:
None sSB371 / File No.
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318 OLR Bill Analysis sSB 371 AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO ADJACENTLY LOCATED AND COMMONLY OWNED OR OPERATED FACILITIES BY INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL SPECIALISTS AND THE PROVISION OF ASSISTED LIVING SERVICES BY CERTAIN ELDERLY HOUSING COMPLEXES.
SUMMARY This bill makes various changes in current law’s requirements for infection prevention and control specialists at nursing homes and dementia special care units (hereinafter, “facilities”).
The bill limits the current requirement that these facilities employ a full-time specialist to only those facilities with more than 60 residents, and instead it requires smaller facilities to employ a part-time specialist.
It also removes a provision from current law requiring each facility to require its specialist to work on a rotating schedule that ensures he or she covers each eight-hour shift at least once monthly to ensure compliance with relevant standards.
Under the bill, facilities instead must require the specialists to implement procedures to monitor the infection prevention and control practices of each daily shift to ensure compliance.
The bill allows infection prevention and control specialists to provide services at both a nursing home and dementia special care unit or at two nursing homes that are (1) next to each other or onthe same campus and (2) commonly owned or operated.
It allows the Department of Public Health (DPH) commissioner to waive thelaw’sinfectionpreventionandcontrolspecialist requirements if she determines that doing so would not endanger the life, safety, or health of the facilities’ residents or employees.
If the commissioner sSB371 / File No.
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318 waives a requirement, she may (1) impose conditions assuring residents’ and employees’ health, safety, and welfare and (2) terminate the waiver if she finds that they have been jeopardized.
Additionally, the bill allows certain elderly housing complexes that intend to arrange for assisted living services to do so with a currently licensed assisted living services agency, exempting them from having to register as a managed residential community.
This applies to elderly housing complexes funded and assisted through the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Assisted Living Conversion Program.
Upon DPH’s request, such a housing complex must inform DPH of its arrangement with a licensed agency, in a form and manner the commissioner prescribes.
The bill also makes minor and technical changes.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
July 1, 2022 COMMITTEE ACTION Public Health Committee Joint Favorable Substitute Yea 28 Nay 2 (03/23/2022) sSB371 / File No.
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Action History

  1. FILE NO. 318

  2. SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 237

  3. FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.

  4. RPTD. OUT OF LCO

  5. REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/04/22

  6. FILED WITH LCO

  7. Joint Favorable Substitute

  8. PUBLIC HEARING 0321

  9. REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health

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