Requires Department of Human Services to study department's processes for delivering services to aging adults. Directs department to submit findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to human services not later than September 15, 2024.]
Sunsets January 2, 2025.]
Prohibits certain facilities that provide long term care from taking specified actions based in whole or in part on resident's actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or human immunodeficiency virus status.
Imposes new requirements on facilities that provide long term care, with respect to care of residents who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, Two Spirit, nonbinary or other minority gender identity or sexual orientation or who have human immunodeficiency virus. Permits Department of Human Services to impose civil penalties or take other administrative action for violation of provisions. Requires facility to ensure administrators and staff receive specified training. Requires entity that contracts with facility to provide services or supports to residents of facility to provide specified training to entity's staff persons. Excuses from compliance with requirements any requirement that is incompatible with professionally reasonable clinical judgment of management or staff of facility or with state or federal law.
Requires training required for facilities be completed by Long Term Care Ombudsman, deputy ombudsmen and designees of ombudsmen.
Establishes LGBTQIA2S+ subcommittee of Governor's Commission on Senior Services. Specifies membership and duties of subcommittee.Statutes affected: A-Engrossed: 410.320
Enrolled: 441.015, 410.320