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Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, and providing penalties
Topics:Health care
Same legislation: SF 378
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 28, 2021
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary People living in nursing homes or their representatives can now use electronic monitoring devices in their rooms. The law sets rules for getting permission from roommates, paying for the equipment, and how to use the recordings. It also explains how to protect residents' privacy and what happens if someone tries to block the cameras.1
Read the official explanation
This bill provides for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities. The bill provides that a nursing facility resident or a resident representative may conduct electronic monitoring of the resident’s room through the use of electronic monitoring devices placed in the resident’s room pursuant to the bill. The bill specifies the consents that must be obtained for a resident to conduct electronic monitoring in the resident’s room, including from any roommate; the process to be followed if a roommate refuses to consent; the provision of notice to the nursing facility; the notification and consent form requirements; the responsibility for the cost and installation relating to the electronic monitoring; penalties for obstruction of electronic monitoring devices; the dissemination of recordings created through electronic monitoring; the admissibility of evidence created through electronic monitoring; liability and penalties for violations of the bill; resident protections; and reporting requirements. The bill also directs the department of inspections and appeals to prescribe the notification and consent form described in the bill and to make the form available on the department’s internet site.
Iowa Code it changes
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Amends§135C.1
Lobbying
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- SF 2229 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, a…88th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
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- SSB 3080 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, a…91st General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passageNearly identical
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- HF 2317 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, a…90th General Assembly · Approved by committeeVery similar
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