SB 6544 - DIGEST

(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 2ND SUB)

     Directs that the minimum training standards for licensees serving residents with special needs, such as mental illness, dementia, or a developmental disability, be increased, and that licensees receive additional appropriate training, and that the training delivery system be improved.

     Provides that the facility shall only admit or retain individuals whose needs it can safely and appropriately serve in the facility with appropriate available staff or through the provision of reasonable accommodations required by state or federal law.

     Requires that each resident and his or her representative must be informed in writing in advance of changes in the availability or the charges for services, items, or activities, or of changes in the facility's rules.