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House passes HB125 requiring disclosure when convicted felons enter long‑term care facilities
Summary
The Utah House passed HB125, a bill requiring long‑term care facilities to disclose when a convicted felon will reside on the premises; the bill was amended to exempt hospitals and passed unanimously, 70‑0, and will be sent to the Senate.
The Utah House on the floor passed House Bill 125, ‘‘State Long Term Care for Inmates,’’ requiring administrators of long‑term care facilities to disclose when a convicted felon will be living at their facility. The bill, as amended on the floor to exempt hospitals, passed 70‑0 and was referred to the Senate for further consideration.
Sponsor Representative Viskupski said the bill grew out of “growing concern in our community,” and noted the Discharge Planning Office identified about 119 inmates who fall in the target group of aging inmates likely to be transferred to long‑term care. “House bill…
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