House Bill 5781 - Summary

• Nursing facilities must provide written notice 30-60 days before involuntary resident transfers or discharges, including appeal rights and State Ombudsman contact information; failure to notify the State Ombudsman invalidates the notice.

• Residents may appeal within 60 days of notice or within 20 days to stay a transfer, with exceptions allowed for good cause; State Ombudsman must receive notice on the same date as residents.

• Nursing homes must submit annual narrative summaries of expenditures including profit and loss statements, total revenue, assets, liabilities, and debt to the Commissioner of Social Services starting September 30, 2023, with public posting by January 1, 2024; violations result in fines up to $10,000.

• Managed residential communities must encourage family councils by January 1, 2024, establish a dementia services coordinator position within the Department of Aging and Disability Services, and assist residents with long-term care insurance claims.

• Homemaker-companion agencies must provide written contracts within 7 days of service start, include consumer notices about background checks and complaint processes, display "solely provides nonmedical care" in advertising, and obtain signed acknowledgment from clients prior to service delivery.