2021 Senate Bill 33

Allow nursing home electronic monitoring

Introduced in the Senate

Jan. 26, 2021

Introduced by Sen. Jim Runestad (R-15)

To allow a nursing home resident or a resident's legal representative to use audio or visual electronic monitoring devices in nursing home rooms to monitor a resident’s care under certain circumstances. The bill authorizes the use of recordings from such a device as evidence in a civil or criminal trial in which abuse of residents is alleged, and prescribes detailed rules and disclosure requirements.

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Human Services