HB 298 Summary

• Adds a new resident right (section 3721.13(A)(33)) permitting nursing home residents to install and use electronic monitoring devices in their rooms.

• Authorizes the Ohio Attorney General to use electronic monitoring devices when investigating allegations of abuse or neglect against nursing home residents.

• Amends section 3721.18 to specify the Attorney General's authority to employ electronic monitoring in abuse and neglect investigations.

• Any attempted waiver of resident rights, including the new electronic monitoring right, is void.