Section 19a-NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] Prior mental health treatment based rejection for admission to nursing home prohibited(a) As used in this section, (1) "direct threat" has the same meaning as provided in 28 CFR 35.104, as amended from time to time, (2) "institution for mental diseases" has the same meaning as provided in 42 CFR 435.1010, as amended from time to time, (3) "nursing home" has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-490 of the general statutes, and (4) "mental health services" means counseling, therapy, rehabilitation, crisis intervention, emergency services or psychiatric medication for the screening, diagnosis or treatment of mental illness.(b) It shall be a discriminatory practice in violation of this section for any nursing home to reject an applicant for admission to such nursing home solely on the basis that such person has, at any time, received mental health services. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require a nursing home to admit a person as a resident if (1) such person poses a direct threat to the health or safety of others, (2) such person does not require the level of care provided in a nursing home as determined in accordance with applicable state and federal requirements, or (3) admitting such person as a resident would result in converting the nursing home into an institution for mental diseases.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-NEW
Added by P.A. 24-0019,S. 38 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2024 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2024.