2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 17b-417. State ombudsman duties re pilot program in managed residential communities. Report.
Sec. 17b-417. State ombudsman duties re pilot program in managed residential communities. Report. (a) The Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman shall
develop and implement a pilot program, within available appropriations, to provide
assistance and education to residents of managed residential communities, as defined
in section 19-13-D105 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, who receive
assisted living services from an assisted living services agency licensed by the Department of Public Health in accordance with chapter 368v. The assistance and education
provided under such pilot program shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Assistance
and education for residents who are temporarily discharged to a hospital or long-term
care facility and return to a managed residential community; (2) assistance and education
for residents with issues relating to an admissions contract for a managed residential
community; and (3) assistance and education for residents to assure adequate and appropriate services are being provided including, but not limited to, adequate and appropriate
services for individuals with cognitive impairments.
(c) Not later than June 30, 2005, the Long-Term Care Ombudsman shall submit a report on the pilot program to the Commissioners of Social Services and Public Health, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services, public health and appropriations, and to the select committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to aging. The report shall be submitted in accordance with section 11-4a.
(P.A. 04-158, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 04-158 effective June 1, 2004.
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