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AR SB587
Bill
Status
5/5/2025
Primary Sponsor
Greg Leding
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AI Summary
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Residents or their representatives may install video surveillance cameras or audio recording devices in their long-term care facility rooms at their own expense, with required notice posted at room entrances
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Shared room monitoring requires written consent from all roommates using forms prescribed by the Office of Long-Term Care; facilities must relocate non-consenting residents within a reasonable time
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Facilities cannot refuse admission or remove residents based on their decision to authorize or decline electronic monitoring
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Purposefully obstructing, tampering with, or destroying an authorized monitoring device or its recordings constitutes a Class D felony
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Effective November 1, 2025, with the Office of Long-Term Care required to prepare consent forms and make them available on its website before that date
Legislative Description
To Create The Parents' Peace Of Mind Act; To Establish Authorization For And Use Of A Monitoring Device In A Long-term Care Facility; To Provide For Waivers; And To Provide For Enforcement And Penalties.
Last Action
Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment.
5/5/2025