MN SF164

Modifies electronic monitoring consent requirements in long-term care facilities to allow resident representatives to consent on behalf of residents without requiring written medical documentation that the resident lacks decision-making capacity.

Allows facilities to install resident-provided electronic monitoring devices during visitation restrictions or isolation periods, with minimal setup requirements and resident assumption of malfunction risk.

Establishes private causes of action for retaliation violations in assisted living facilities and home care settings, allowing determination of retaliation by the commissioner to be used as evidence.

Creates comprehensive consumer protections for assisted living clients including mandatory pre-termination meetings, restricted grounds for lease and service terminations, expedited appeal procedures, and coordinated move requirements.

Suspends assisted living service terminations and nursing home discharges during the COVID-19 peacetime emergency except for specific conditions; establishes Long-Term Care COVID-19 Task Force to study balancing resident rights with infection control; directs commissioner of health to create state plan for controlling SARS-CoV-2 in unlicensed long-term care settings.