2005 House Bill 4044

Allow nursing home electronic monitoring

Introduced in the House

Jan. 27, 2005

Introduced by Rep. LaMar Lemmons (D-2)

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.

Referred to the Committee on Senior Health, Security, and Retirement