HB 2516 - DIGEST

Provides that a nursing home facility under chapter 18.51 RCW, a boarding home providing assisted living services under chapter 18.20 RCW, an adult family home under chapter 70.128 RCW, or a continuing care retirement community under RCW 70.38.025, and its employees or volunteers, shall not be liable for civil damages as a result of any act or omission in providing assistance to a resident of the facility when the facility, employee, or volunteer, without gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct, provides assistance to a resident of the facility who has fallen and the resident requests assistance in rising or indicates he or she will accept assistance in rising.