S1486: Electronic Monitoring Devices in Long-term Care Facilities

Legislative Summary

Defining the terms "electronic monitoring device" and "representative"; authorizing a resident, or his or her representative, of a nursing home facility or assisted living facility, respectively, to authorize the installation and use of an electronic monitoring device in the resident's room if specified conditions are met; prohibiting facilities from denying admission to a person or discharging a resident or otherwise discriminating or retaliating against a resident for the decision to install and use such electronic monitoring device in the resident's room; providing a criminal penalty for unlawfully obstructing, tampering with, or destroying an electronic monitoring device or a recording made by such device, etc.