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Committee approves senior care‑facility closure rules requiring transition plans and notice
Summary
The committee favorably recommended HB 472 (first substitute, as amended), which requires assisted‑living facilities to submit an approved transition plan before an intended closure, sale or change of use and to provide residents with earlier notice and assistance in relocation.
The House Business, Labor and Commerce Committee favorably recommended HB 472 (first substitute, as amended), which seeks to require assisted-living facilities to submit a transition plan to the health department ahead of an intended closure, qualifying sale or change of use and to provide residents with earlier notice and relocation assistance.
Representative Ochs, the bill sponsor, said the bill responds to incidents in which residents were moved out with little advance notice after selecting a new facility. "This bill seeks to ensure that vulnerable residents in these facilities are given proper care, adequate time for transition, and the necessary protections as facilities go through significant changes," Ochs said, describing stakeholder discussions…
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