Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman SHANIQUE SPEIGHT
District 29 (Essex)
Assemblywoman ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT
District 31 (Hudson)
Assemblywoman VALERIE VAINIERI HUTTLE
District 37 (Bergen)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Conaway
SYNOPSIS
Requires long-term care facilities to annually review residents proxy directives.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning long-term care facilities and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statues.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. As used in this section:
"Long-term care facility" means a nursing home, assisted living residence, comprehensive personal care home, residential health care facility, or dementia care home licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.).
"Proxy directive" means a writing which designates an adult with decision making capacity to act as the declarant s representative in the event that the declarant subsequently lacks decision making capacity following the execution of the writing.
b. A long-term care facility shall meet with each resident at least once annually to determine if the resident s proxy directive is accurate and current.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires long-term care facilities to annually review residents proxy directives.
Under the bill, a long-term care facility is to meet with each resident at least once annually to determine if the resident s proxy directive is accurate and current. The bill defines "proxy directive" to mean a writing which designates an adult with decision making capacity to act as the declarant s representative in the event that the declarant subsequently lacks decision making capacity following the execution of the writing.