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Johnson Home withdraws discharge notice after DPH hearing finds paperwork noncompliant with 19a-535a
Summary
At a Jan. 14, 2025 Connecticut Department of Public Health hearing, the administrator of Johnson Home withdrew a notice of intent to discharge resident Gail Eggleston after the hearing officer determined the facility had not provided a statutorily required discharge plan within seven days of the notice.
A hearing officer for the Connecticut Department of Public Health ruled on procedural compliance at a Jan. 14, 2025 virtual hearing and the administrator of Johnson Home withdrew a notice of intent to discharge resident Gail Eggleston after the facility failed to provide a required discharge plan within the statutory timeframe.
Aiden Baum, hearing officer for the Connecticut Department of Public Health, opened the public hearing by identifying the case as a challenge to a discharge notice issued to Gail Eggleston on Dec. 30, 2024, and cited Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-535a as the governing statute. Baum told participants the facility bore the burden to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that it complied with the statute’s notice and discharge-plan requirements.
The hearing officer reviewed documentary exhibits submitted by both sides, including the facility’s notice of intent to discharge dated Dec. 30, 2024, an appeal…
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