SB 164 - This act requires long-term care facilities to maintain liability insurance coverage in a minimum amount of $2 million dollars to insure against losses from the negligent or criminal acts of the facility constituting abuse, neglect, or wrongful death of any resident, except as otherwise provided in the act. This provision is identical to HB 2519 (2024).
Currently, the offense of abuse of an elderly person, a person with a disability, or a vulnerable person is a Class A misdemeanor. This act creates an enhanced penalty of a Class E felony when the person committing the offense is a care provider and he or she knowingly acts or knowingly fails to act in a manner that creates a substantial risk to the life, body, or health of an elderly person, a person with a disability, or a vulnerable person.
This provision is substantially similar to HB 1710 (2024).
SARAH HASKINS