SB0077 Summary

• Permits nursing home residents or their representatives to install electronic monitoring devices in resident rooms upon written request using a department-prescribed notification and consent form.

• Requires written consent from the resident and any roommate before monitoring; allows a representative to consent on behalf of a resident lacking capacity to understand the monitoring, with the resident's documented response included.

• Residents or representatives bear all costs of electronic monitoring devices and installation; nursing homes must provide reasonable accommodations including a secure location and free electricity access.

• Establishes standards for electronic monitoring including time and date stamps on recordings, prohibition on audio recording without consent, posting of warning signs at nursing home entrances, and admissibility of recordings in legal proceedings up to 8 years after recording date.

• Prohibits nursing homes from refusing admission, removing residents, or retaliating against residents based on requests for electronic monitoring; allows residents to impose conditions on monitoring and to withdraw consent at any time.