ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session

---

HB 2260: health facilities; resuscitation; emergency care

Sponsor:  Representative Kern, LD 20

Committee on Health & Human Services

Overview

States that listed facilities and their employees, agents and assigns have an affirmative duty to care for their residents.

History

The Arizona Department of Health Services (DHS) licenses and monitors health and child care facilities and providers throughout Arizona. Licensing inspections, on-site surveys and complaint investigations are conducted to promote quality care and safety and ensure that performance standards are met for facility operation and maintenance. The mission of DHS's Public Health Licensing is to protect the health and safety of Arizonans by providing information, establishing standards and licensing and regulating health and child care services.

Provisions

1. States that listed facilities and their employees, agents and assigns have an affirmative duty to care for their residents. (Sec. 1)

2. Requires the listed facilities to provide basic life support before the arrival of emergency medical services to a resident who experiences cardiac arrest or any other cessation of respirations in accordance with that resident's advance directives or in the absence of advance directives or a do-not-resuscitate order for that resident. (Sec. 1)

3. Requires faculty staff who are certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation be available at the facility at all times. (Sec. 1)

4. Requires the facility to provide recovery assistance to noninjured residents who have fallen and are unable to reasonably recover themselves independently. Facility staff who are certified in fall recovery must be available at the facility at all times. (Sec. 1)

5. Prohibits facilities from establishing or implementing policies that prevent employees from providing immediate resuscitation, emergency care or fall recovery assistance. (Sec. 1)

6. Defines a facility as skilled nursing facility, assisted living centers, assisted living facilities, assisted living homes, residential care institutions and other similar health care institutions as prescribed in rule by DHS.

7.

8.

9. ---------- DOCUMENT FOOTER ---------

10.                   HB 2260

11. Initials IG   Page 0 Health & Human Services

12.

13. ---------- DOCUMENT FOOTER ---------