Proposed compromise bill would allow staffing flexibilities in assisted living

McKnight’s Senior Living March 5, 2024
Kimberly Bonvissuto

A proposed compromise bill supported by senior living groups, as well as other stakeholders, would allow staffing flexibilities in assisted living settings without changing staffing ratios.

HB 1335 doesn’t change staffing ratios, but for the first time, it recognizes medical emergency alert devices in Georgia state law and the Department of Community Health rules. The proposed bill alleviates some concerns senior living provider groups had with “stringent language” inserted into HB 987, which would have imposed staffing, training and financial reporting requirements on the state’s assisted living and memory care communities, as well as personal care homes.

Seth Daniels, Georgia Senior Living Association director of government affairs, told McKnight’s Senior Living that HB 1335 is written broadly and does...

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