Bill would require senior living communities to recognize essential caregivers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 14, 2023
A proposed bill in Illinois would allow residents of senior living communities and other congregate long-term care settings to continue receiving essential care from a designated support person despite...
2 bills target stabilizing assisted living funding model
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 08, 2023
Bills aimed at addressing funding in assisted living are making their way through state legislatures in Montana and New Jersey
ARPA-funded projects aim to collect data on assisted living, help retain workers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 02, 2023
Efforts to track data on assisted living communities, retain workers and encourage planning for long-term care are among the projects receiving technical assistance from a national nonprofit to launch...
Regulation clarifies fingerprint requirements for working in assisted living communities
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 05, 2022
Legislation clarifying who needs to be fingerprinted to work at an assisted living community recently went into effect in Arizona.
Governor signs, vetoes pandemic-related legislation affecting senior living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 04, 2022
Several pieces of legislation affecting senior living operators recently were signed into law in California, whereas other bills tied to the industry were vetoed by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).
Bill would cap nursing home annual rent increases at 4 percent
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 23, 2022
Nursing home business owners and operators who lease their buildings would have their annual rent increases capped at 4% under a bill before the New Jersey General Assembly.
Bill aims to protect nursing home residents during infectious disease outbreaks
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 21, 2022
The New Jersey Assembly’s Aging and Senior Services Committee, on Thursday passed a bill “Sally’s Law,” that aims to provide nursing home residents greater protections during periods of infectious...
Shortened post-death billing cycle under new law could squeeze assisted living operators
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 13, 2022
A New Hampshire law affecting assisted living community billing practices following a resident’s death could mean fee increases for all residents, according to one expert.
New law toughens background checks, requirements for assisted living facility certificates
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 22, 2022
A new law in Arizona is meant to strengthen background checks for those applying for assisted living facility certificates or nursing care administrator licenses through the state’s Board of Nursing...
Proposed bill ‘modernizing’ assisted living ‘long overdue’: senior living advocates
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 01, 2022
Senate Bill 11 will “modernize and strengthen oversight and care” of assisted living residents by transitioning services from a certification model to a licensure model, according to main sponsor Sen....