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GA HB894

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/3/2014

Primary Sponsor

Allen Peake

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Origin

House of Representatives

2013-2014 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Georgia's continuing care provider laws (Chapter 45, Title 33) to create a new category of "continuing care at home," defined as services furnished at a residence not located at a facility, including nursing care, assisted living care, or personal care home services, with optional lodging and food obligations
  • Authorizes providers holding a certificate of authority and written commissioner approval to offer continuing care at home and continuing care arrangements in which residents purchase a "resident owned living unit" as part of the continuing care agreement
  • Defines "resident owned living unit" as a residence or apartment within a facility where the resident holds an individual real property ownership interest, with the purchase or sale excluded from the entrance fee calculation
  • Requires facilities to post disclosure statements in a prominent location accessible to residents and the public, and to mail current disclosure statements to residents living at homes not located at the facility, along with notice of any proposed policy, program, or service changes
  • Revises refund provisions so that residents who receive a transferable membership or ownership right in a resident owned living unit are exempt from standard entrance fee refund requirements, while prohibiting providers from charging fees for transfer of membership or sale of ownership rights

Legislative Description

Continuing care providers and facilities; provide for continuing care at home; provisions

Last Action

House Second Readers

2/5/2014

Full Bill Text

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