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OH SB130
Bill
Status
6/2/2009
Primary Sponsor
Fred Strahorn
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AI Summary
SB 130 Summary
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Requires long-term care facilities (nursing homes, residential care facilities, adult care facilities, and mental health/developmental disability residential facilities) to notify residents and sponsors when admitting individuals from out-of-state who were imprisoned for felonies in the past 12 months
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Mandates facilities distribute written certification forms to residents and sponsors within 30 days of receiving sex offender notifications from law enforcement under existing notification laws
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Establishes employee protections by prohibiting facilities from discharging, refusing to hire, or discriminating against employees who report in good faith the facility's failure to comply with notification requirements
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Provides civil liability immunity for facility employees reporting non-compliance with notification requirements
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Establishes daily fines of $100 per day for violations, with fines dedicated to adult protective services funding
Legislative Description
To require a long-term care facility to notify its residents when a sex offender or person who was imprisoned out-of-state for a felony offense is admitted to the facility and to establish immunity for employees of such facilities who report the facility's failure to comply with the notification requirements.
Long-term care facility-notify residents-if sex offender/out-of-state felon co-resident
Last Action
To Judiciary Criminal Justice
6/2/2009