Bills › 90th General Assembly
Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, and providing penalties
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 12, 2024
- 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 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, 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 cameras and recording devices in their rooms. To do this, they must get permission from any roommates and follow specific rules for notifying visitors and the facility. The law also sets rules for how these recordings can be used and what happens if someone tries to stop the monitoring.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 submission of the notice and consent form to the nursing facility; the notification and consent form requirements; the responsibility for the cost and installation relating to the electronic monitoring; requirements for notice to visitors; 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, appeals, and licensing 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
Creates§135C.49§135C.50§135C.51§135C.52§135C.53§135C.54§135C.55§135C.56§135C.57§135C.58§135C.59§135C.60§135C.61
Amends§135C.1
Family tree
Tried before
90th General Assembly
Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.
Tried before
This idea has been filed in 2 earlier General Assemblies. None got through a chamber.
- SF 2057 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, a…89th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- SF 378 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, a…89th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- HF 2376 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, a…89th General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passage · very similarCleared committee
- HF 268 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, a…89th General Assembly · In committee · very similarCleared committee
- HF 2205 Relating to electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, and providing penalties89th General Assembly · In committee · similarCleared committee
- SF 2229 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, a…88th General Assembly · In committee · very similarCleared committee
Similar bills this General Assembly
- HF 664 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, a…91st General Assembly · In committeeVery similar
- SSB 3080 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, a…91st General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passageVery similar
Matched by wording or an identical title.