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Senate committee adopts amendments to create family council rights for memory-care residents
Summary
The Senate Human Services Committee on March 27 adopted dash-3 amendments to Senate Bill 228 and forwarded the measure to the Senate floor, clearing a proposal that would establish a resident'and-family right to form independent family councils in memory-care facilities and require facilities to respect those councils.
The Senate Human Services Committee on March 27 adopted amendments and sent Senate Bill 228 to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation, advancing a measure that would give residents of memory-care facilities the explicit right to form independent family councils and set facility obligations when councils form.
The bill, as explained by staff member Matt during the committee'work session, "establishes the right of a resident in a residential care facility to the formation of a family council. It establishes requirements for facilities if a family council was formed and allows the Department of Human Services to impose certain civil penalties." The committee adopted the dash-3 amendment, which Matt…
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