HF99 Summary

• Modifies electronic monitoring consent requirements in long-term care facilities, allowing resident representatives to consent when residents lack capacity to understand monitoring, with ability to set conditions and withdraw consent at any time.

• Establishes private cause of action for retaliation violations in long-term care settings, with commissioner determinations usable as evidence in lawsuits.

• Requires assisted living facilities and home care providers to establish comprehensive infection control and SARS-CoV-2 response plans aligned with CDC and CMS guidelines.

• Creates consumer protections for assisted living clients including restrictions on lease terminations, mandatory pre-termination meetings, appeal rights with expedited hearings, and coordinated relocation assistance.

• Suspends home care service terminations during COVID-19 peacetime emergency except for specified conditions, allows facility transfers for COVID-19 cohorting purposes, and establishes Long-Term Care COVID-19 Task Force to study balancing resident rights with infection control.