CT HB06894

Extends personal fund safeguarding requirements to both nursing homes and residential care homes, effective July 1, 2015.

Requires facilities to provide written statements to residents before admission explaining personal fund rights, permitted charges, and interest rates (minimum 4% per annum through October 1, 1994, then 5.5% per annum).

Mandates facilities managing resident funds maintain separate accounts or aggregate trust accounts with quarterly accountings, obtain signed receipts for expenditures, and provide access to records for residents, relatives, guardians, ombudsmen, and state department representatives.

Requires facilities to notify Medicaid residents when account balances approach the program's maximum eligibility threshold and refund overpayments or deposits within 30 days of discharge or notice of non-admission.

Establishes violations as Class A misdemeanors and allows residents or their representatives to sue in Superior Court for treble damages.