SENIOR ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL NO. 21

INTRODUCED BY SENIOR ASSEMBLY MEMBER D.SORENSEN

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AP 21: SENIOR CONVALESCENT CARE FACILITIES: PERSONAL EQUIPMENT: PERMANENT MARKING.

UNDER EXISTING LAW, INSTITUTIONS THAT PROVIDE CONVALESCENT CARE FOR SENIORS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PERMANENTLY MARK EQUIPMENT BELONGING TO THEIR PATIENTS.

THIS MEASURE WOULD MEMORIALIZE THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR TO ENACT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD REQUIRE ANY INSTITUTION THAT PROVIDES CONVALESCENT CARE FOR SENIORS, SUCH AS A NURSING HOME, CONVALESCENT FACILITY, EXTENDED CARE FACILITY, CUSTODIAL CARE FACILITY, SKILLED NURSING FACILITY, OR PERSONAL CARE HOME, TO MARK OR OTHERWISE PERMANENTLY IDENTIFY BY OWNER EACH PATIENT’S VITAL MOBILITY, HEARING, EATING, OR BREATHING EQUIPMENT, SUCH AS CANES, WALKERS, HEARING AIDS, DENTURE CONTAINERS, AND OXYGEN EQUIPMENT, UPON ADMISSION OF THE PATIENT.

VOTE: MAJORITY.

AP 21: RELATING TO SENIOR CONVALESCENT CARE FACILITIES

WHEREAS, INSTITUTIONS THAT PROVIDE CONVALESCENT CARE FOR SENIORS, SUCH AS NURSING HOMES, CONVALESCENT FACILITIES, EXTENDED CARE FACILITIES, CUSTODIAL CARE FACILITIES, SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES, AND PERSONAL CARE HOMES, GENERALLY DO NOT HAVE A POLICY OF MARKING OR OTHERWISE IDENTIFYING BY OWNER A PATIENT’S VITAL MOBILITY, HEARING, EATING, OR BREATHING EQUIPMENT, SUCH AS CANES, WALKERS, HEARING AIDS, DENTURE CONTAINERS, AND OXYGEN EQUIPMENT; AND

WHEREAS, FAILURE TO MARK THIS VITAL EQUIPMENT BY OWNER CREATES UNNECESSARY CONFUSION FOR BOTH PATIENTS AND STAFF BECAUSE DIFFERENT PATIENTS OFTEN HAVE SIMILAR EQUIPMENT; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT

RESOLVED, BY THE SENIOR ASSEMBLY AND THE SENIOR SENATE, JOINTLY, THAT THE SENIOR LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AT ITS 2008 REGULAR SESSION, A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS VOTING THEREFOR, HEREBY PROPOSES THAT ANY INSTITUTION THAT PROVIDES CONVALESCENT CARE FOR SENIORS, SUCH AS A NURSING HOME, CONVALESCENT FACILITY, EXTENDED CARE FACILITY, CUSTODIAL CARE FACILITY, SKILLED NURSING FACILITY, OR PERSONAL CARE HOME, BE REQUIRED TO MARK OR OTHERWISE PERMANENTLY IDENTIFY BY OWNER EACH PATIENT’S VITAL MOBILITY, HEARING, EATING, OR BREATHING EQUIPMENT, SUCH AS CANES, WALKERS, HEARING AIDS, DENTURE CONTAINERS, AND OXYGEN EQUIPMENT, UPON ADMISSION OF THE PATIENT; AND
BE IT FURTHER.

RESOLVED, THAT THE SENIOR LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA RESPECTFULLY MEMORIALIZES THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO ENACT APPROPRIATE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ADDRESS THE CONCERNS SET FORTH IN THIS MEASURE; AND BE IT FURTHER

RESOLVED, THAT A COPY OF THIS MEASURE BE TRANSMITTED TO THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE, AND THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

RN 08 21997

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