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Committee advances long‑term care bill after extended testimony on resident protections and staffing
Summary
Senate File 1918, a broad package of long‑term care reforms including limits on mandatory arbitration in assisted living, stronger anti‑retaliation measures, and clarifications on electronic monitoring and hospice rights, moved out of committee without recommendation after hours of testimony.
Senators voted to pass Senate File 1918 out of the Human Services Committee without recommendation and referred the bill to the Judiciary and Public Safety Committee after extended testimony from long‑term care advocates, providers and industry representatives.
Senator Scott Dibble, the bill sponsor, described a multi‑topic measure that addresses nine areas of long‑term care law. Key provisions covered in committee testimony included: a prohibition on making arbitration agreements a mandatory condition of admission in assisted living facilities; strengthened protections against retaliation for residents and…
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