Senate File 2276 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2276 BY WARNSTADT A BILL FOR An Act relating to requirements for staffing and written 1 occupancy agreements for assisted living programs and making 2 penalties applicable. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5691XS (2) 83 jr/nh

S.F. 2276 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 231C.4A Limitations on personal 1 communication devices. 2 If an assisted living program prohibits the use of a personal 3 communication device intended to notify an emergency responder 4 by a tenant, the program must have a nurse licensed under 5 chapter 152 present on the premises at all times. 6 Sec. 2. Section 231C.5, Code 2009, is amended by adding the 7 following new subsection: 8 NEW SUBSECTION . 4. A tenant may terminate an assisted 9 living program occupancy agreement without penalty if the 10 program imposes a new fee, charge, or rate or increases any 11 fee, charge, or rate. 12 EXPLANATION 13 This bill requires an assisted living program to have a nurse 14 present at all times if the program prohibits the tenant’s 15 use of a personal communication device intended to notify an 16 emergency responder. 17 The bill allows a tenant in an assisted living program to 18 terminate the occupancy agreement if the program imposes a new 19 fee, charge, or rate or increases any fee, charge, or rate. 20 An assisted living program that substantially or repeatedly 21 fails to comply with the provisions of the bill may be subject 22 to denial, suspension, or revocation of its certification. 23 -1- LSB 5691XS (2) 83 jr/nh 1/ 1