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Committee hears changes to resident-rights law to clarify monitoring, transfers and refunds
Summary
The House Human Services Committee considered engrossed Senate Bill 2070, which updates North Dakota resident-rights law to clarify authorized electronic recording, virtual monitoring and visitor rules and to tighten notice and refund requirements for long-term-care residents.
Carla Bachman, State Long Term Care Ombudsman: The House Human Services Committee heard engrossed Senate Bill 2070, a package of revisions to North Dakota resident-rights law (NDCC 50-10.2) requested by the Department of Health and Human Services and developed with stakeholder input. Carla Bachman, the state ombudsman, told the committee the changes aim to update definitions, distinguish recording from virtual monitoring, group facility responsibilities, and address resident protections including transfer/discharge notices and refunds.
What’s proposed: The bill replaces older language about “monitoring” with clearer statutory definitions for “authorized electronic recording,” “technology device,” “virtual monitoring,” “virtual visitation,” and related terms; it limits recording use and preserves privacy. Other proposals moved existing language to group facility…
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