SB 1332 Summary

• Increases minimum certified nursing assistant staffing from 2.5 to 2.9 hours of direct care per resident per day, with a facility minimum of one assistant per 20 residents.

• Maintains minimum licensed nursing staffing at 1.0 hour of direct care per resident per day, with a facility minimum of one nurse per 40 residents.

• Removes the previous requirement for a combined 3.6 hours weekly average of certified nursing assistant and licensed nursing staffing.

• Requires nursing facilities failing to meet minimum staffing for 2 consecutive days to stop accepting new admissions until achieving compliance for 6 consecutive days, with non-compliance constituting a class II deficiency.

• Appropriates $40 million in recurring General Revenue Funds to the Agency for Health Care Administration for 2011-2012 fiscal year to support nursing home staffing requirements.