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Conference committee adopts ban on requiring binding arbitration in assisted living admissions
Summary
The conference committee approved a provision banning assisted living facilities from making signing a binding arbitration agreement a condition of admission or continued care.
The conference committee on the health and human services budget approved language barring assisted living facilities from requiring residents or their representatives to sign binding arbitration agreements as a condition of admission or to continue to receive care.
Supporters, including Senator McQuaid, said the three-line provision (Article 2, section 25 as carried in the Senate language) preserves a resident’s right to a day in court and does not prevent voluntary arbitration. “We shouldn’t have to sign away our right to have our day in court to receive care,” McQuaid said during the committee debate.
Opponents, led in committee remarks by Representative Schumacher and by Senator Abler’s request for a no vote,…
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