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• Introduced by Sen. Ray Basham (D) on February 10, 2005, to allow an adult foster care home resident or a resident's legal representative to use audio or visual electronic monitoring devices in nursing home rooms to monitor a resident’s care, under certain circumstances. The bill authorizes the use of recordings from such a device as evidence in a civil or criminal trial in which abuse of residents is alleged, and authorizes criminal penalties for a foster care home that prohibits or tampers with such a device or recordings.
  • Referred to the Senate Health Policy Committee on February 10, 2005.