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PRISONER LONG-TERM HEALTH CARE

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2007 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Jackie Biskupski

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Senate Sponsor: Darin G. Peterson

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill modifies the chapter "Department of Corrections - State Prison" to require
             10      certain actions by a corrections department or agency and by a nursing care facility or
             11      assisted living facility administrator to which an offender is released from prison or
             12      parole.
             13      Highlighted Provisions:
             14          This bill:
             15          .    provides definitions;
             16          .    provides that if an inmate is given an early release, pardon, or parole due to a
             17      chronic or terminal illness and is admitted as a resident of a nursing or assisted
             18      living facility, the department or another state's agency placing the offender shall
             19      provide:
             20              .    notice to the facility administrator, no later than 15 days prior to the offender's
             21      admission as a resident of a facility and also provide contact information;
             22              .    information to the public on the Utah Department of Corrections' website, and
             23      upon request, regarding the offenders placed in health care facilities, including
             24      the name and address of the facility where the offenders reside, and the date the
             25      offenders were placed at the facility; and
             26              .    a training program for employees who work in facilities where offenders reside;
             27          .    requires the nursing or assisted living facility administrator to provide staff trained
             28      by the Department of Corrections in the safe management of offenders; and
             29          .    provides a penalty for failure to provide:


             30              .    notice to other facility residents; and
             31              .    employees trained in the safe management of offenders.
             32      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             33          None
             34      Other Special Clauses:
             35          None
             36      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             37      AMENDS:
             38          64-13-39.5, as enacted by Chapter 138, Laws of Utah 2006
             39      ENACTS:
             40          64-13-39.6, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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             42      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             43          Section 1. Section 64-13-39.5 is amended to read:
             44           64-13-39.5. Definitions -- Health care for chronically or terminally ill offenders --
             45      Notice to health care facility.
             46          (1) As used in this section:
             47          (a) "Department or agency" means the Utah Department of Corrections or a department
             48      of corrections or government entity responsible for placing an offender in a facility located in
             49      Utah.
             50          [(a)] (b) "Chronically ill" has the same meaning as in Section 31A-36-102 .
             51          [(b)] (c) ["Health care facility"] "Facility" means an assisted living facility as defined in
             52      Subsection 26-21-2 (5) and a nursing care facility as defined in Subsection 26-21-2 (17), except
             53      that transitional care units and other long term care beds owned or operated on the premises of
             54      acute care hospitals or critical care hospitals are not [health care] facilities for the purpose of
             55      this section.
             56          (d) "Offender" means an inmate whom the department or agency has given an early
             57      release, pardon, or parole due to a chronic or terminal illness.


             58          [(c)] (e) "Terminally ill" has the same meaning as in [Section] Subsection
             59      31A-36-102 (11).
             60          (2) If an [inmate is given an early release, pardon, or parole due to a chronic or
             61      terminal illness, and is subsequently] offender from Utah or any other state is admitted as a
             62      resident of a [health care] facility due to the chronic or terminal illness, the department or
             63      agency placing the offender shall:
             64          (a) provide written notice to the administrator of the facility no later than 15 days prior
             65      to the offender's admission as a resident of a facility, stating:
             66          [(a)] (i) the offense for which the offender was convicted and a description of the
             67      actual offense;
             68          [(b)] (ii) the offender's status with the department or agency; [and]
             69          [(c)] (iii) that the information provided by the department or agency regarding the
             70      offender shall be provided to employees of the facility no later than ten days prior to the
             71      offender's admission to the facility[.]; and
             72          (iv) the contact information for:
             73          (A) the offender's parole officer and also a point of contact within the department or
             74      agency, if the offender is on parole; and
             75          (B) a point of contact within the department or agency, if the offender is not under
             76      parole supervision but was given an early release or pardon due to a chronic or terminal illness;
             77          (b) make available to the public on the Utah Department of Corrections' website and
             78      upon request:
             79          (i) the name and address of the facility where the offender resides; and
             80          (ii) the date the offender was placed at the facility; and
             81          (c) provide a training program for employees who work in a facility where offenders
             82      reside, and if the offender is placed at the facility by:
             83          (i) the Utah Department of Corrections, the department shall provide the training
             84      program for the employees; and
             85          (ii) by a department or agency from another state, that state's department or agency


             86      shall arrange with the Utah Department of Corrections to provide the training required by this
             87      Subsection (2), if training has not already been provided by the Utah Department of
             88      Corrections, and shall provide to the Utah Department of Corrections any necessary
             89      compensation for this service.
             90          (3) [(a)] The administrator of the facility shall:
             91          (a) provide residents of the facility or their guardians notice that a convicted felon is
             92      being admitted to the facility no later than ten days prior to the offender's admission to the
             93      facility[.];
             94          (b) [The administrator of the facility shall] advise potential residents or their guardians
             95      of persons under Subsection (2) who are current residents of the facility[.]; and
             96          [(4) The department shall provide notice under Subsection (3)(a) no later than 15 days
             97      prior to the offender's admission as a resident of a health care facility.]
             98          (c) provide training, offered by the Utah Department of Corrections, in the safe
             99      management of offenders for all employees.
             100          [(5)] (4) The [department] Utah Department of Corrections shall make rules under
             101      Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, establishing:
             102          (a) a consistent format and procedure for providing notification to facilities [under this
             103      section.] and information to the public in compliance with Subsection (2); and
             104          (b) a training program, in compliance with Subsection (3) for employees, who work at
             105      facilities where offenders reside to ensure the safety of facility residents and employees.
             106          Section 2. Section 64-13-39.6 is enacted to read:
             107          64-13-39.6. Penalty.
             108          Any person who willfully violates Subsection 64-13-39.5 (3) is guilty of a class B
             109      misdemeanor.


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