SF 2276 (LSB 5691XS (2) 83)

SENATE FILE 2276

BY  WARNSTADT

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to requirements for staffing and written occupancy agreements for assisted living programs and making penalties applicable.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  231C.4A  Limitations on personal communication devices.

   If an assisted living program prohibits the use of a personal communication device intended to notify an emergency responder by a tenant, the program must have a nurse licensed under chapter 152 present on the premises at all times.
    Sec. 2.  Section 231C.5, Code 2009, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  A tenant may terminate an assisted living program occupancy agreement without penalty if the program imposes a new fee, charge, or rate or increases any fee, charge, or rate.
EXPLANATION
   This bill requires an assisted living program to have a nurse present at all times if the program prohibits the tenant’s use of a personal communication device intended to notify an emergency responder.
   The bill allows a tenant in an assisted living program to terminate the occupancy agreement if the program imposes a new fee, charge, or rate or increases any fee, charge, or rate.
   An assisted living program that substantially or repeatedly fails to comply with the provisions of the bill may be subject to denial, suspension, or revocation of its certification.