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Facility agrees to withdraw involuntary-discharge notice after failing to file required discharge plan
Summary
At an administrative hearing, By the River admitted it had not prepared the statutorily required discharge plan for resident Robert Palmer and agreed to withdraw the Feb. 10, 2026 notice of involuntary discharge and to reissue it with a written plan; the conservator retains a 10-day appeal window when reissued.
A hearing officer acting as the commissioner’s delegate told By the River residential care home to withdraw a Feb. 10, 2026 notice of involuntary discharge for resident Robert Palmer after the facility admitted it had not prepared the required written discharge plan and failed to provide it to the Department’s office.
The hearing officer entered three documents into the record at the start: the facility’s notice of involuntary discharge dated Feb. 10, 2026; an appeal filed by Florence Mancini, conservator for Palmer; and the notice scheduling this hearing. Long-term care ombudsman Miss Butler confirmed she received the discharge notice on Feb. 10 and that her office had been in contact with the…
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