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Committee advances bill to bar facility‑affiliated staff from serving as residents’ power of attorney, prompt standardized admission contracts
Summary
The Assembly Health Committee voted to release A1888/S1962 with amendments after broad testimony for and against provisions that would standardize admission contracts, restrict facility‑affiliated persons from acting as power of attorney, and regulate non‑attorney Medicaid application assisters.
The committee advanced legislation (A1888/S1962) that would create new consumer protections for residents of long‑term care facilities, including a ban on owners, administrators, officers or employees of a facility from serving as a resident’s power of attorney when the person stands to benefit financially. “This bill specifically would ban an owner, administrator, officer, or employee of a long term care facility or any entity affiliated with long term care facility that stands to benefit financially to act as power of attorney to a resident,” said a representative of the New Jersey Association for Justice.
Supporters — including the New Jersey Association of Elder Law Attorneys and…
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