Introduced by Sen. Jim Runestad R-White Lake on January 29, 2019
To allow a nursing 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 prescribes detailed rules and disclosure requirements. Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the Senate Health Policy and Human Services Committee on January 29, 2019
Reported in the Senate on June 16, 2020
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.