Bill Summary: SF No. 60

• Modifies electronic monitoring consent requirements in long-term care facilities to allow resident representatives to consent without requiring written medical documentation that the resident lacks capacity to understand monitoring.

• Establishes consumer protections for assisted living clients including mandatory pre-termination meetings, restrictions on lease terminations (30 days notice for nonpayment, 15 days for conduct violations), and appeal rights through expedited administrative hearings within 14 days.

• Suspends termination and discharge of assisted living services during the COVID-19 peacetime emergency (Executive Order 20-01), except for specified conditions; allows transfers for "cohorting" purposes to separate COVID-19 positive and negative residents.

• Requires facilities to establish comprehensive SARS-CoV-2 infection control programs and COVID-19 response plans, including protocols for personal protective equipment, client isolation, visitation, staffing notifications, and dementia care considerations.

• Establishes a Long-Term Care COVID-19 Task Force with 21 members representing residents, families, healthcare professionals, and state agencies to study balancing resident rights with infection control and issue recommendations by January 15, 2021.