MA H759

Nursing homes, rest homes, and long-term care facilities must permit residents or their family members/health care proxies to install monitoring devices, including two-way cameras, in private single-occupancy rooms

Monitoring devices may only be used in private rooms and cannot capture other residents' spaces or communal areas; health care proxies may consent for residents who lack capacity to understand remote monitoring

Persons installing monitoring devices must notify the facility beforehand and post conspicuous signage at the room entrance; facilities must inform employees and contractors of any devices in use

Installation and maintenance costs are borne by the person who installed the device, not the facility

Recordings may only be disseminated for facility complaints, regulatory complaints, legal proceedings, or as required by law; the department must promulgate regulations on privacy and notification standards