AN ACT REQUIRING FEAR OF RETALIATION TRAINING FOR PERSONS PROVIDING ASSISTED LIVING SERVICES IN MANAGED RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES.

Plain English Breakdown

The full legal definitions of 'assisted living services' and 'managed residential community' are located in other sections of the law (19a-693) not included in this source material.

Training on Fear of Retaliation for Assisted Living Staff

This law requires agencies providing assisted living services in managed residential communities to give their employees yearly training about residents' fear of retaliation from staff or others.

What This Bill Does

• Requires annual in-service training for all employees at specific assisted living agencies.
• Mandates discussions on the rights of residents to file complaints and voice grievances.
• Includes examples of actions that could be seen as retaliation against residents by staff or others.
• Teaches methods to stop employee retaliation and reduce fear among residents.
• States that trainers must know the needs of the people living in these communities.

Who It Names or Affects

• Assisted living services agencies licensed under state law
• Employees working at assisted living facilities located in managed residential communities

Terms To Know

Retaliation

Punishing or treating someone badly because they complained or spoke up about a problem.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law does not require the training to be led by a qualified social worker.
• The specific effective date for this rule is October 1, 2026.
• The text defines 'assisted living services' but refers readers to another section of the law (section 19a-693) for that full definition.

Official Summary Text

To require assisted living services agencies that provide assisted living services in a managed residential community to provide annual in-service training to employees concerning residents' fear of retaliation from employees or others.

Current Bill Text

House Bill No. 5141

Public Act No. 26-44

AN ACT REQUIRING FEAR OF RETALIATION TRAINING FOR
PERSONS PROVIDING ASSISTED LIVING SERVICES IN MANAGED
RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 19a -564 of the 2026 supplement to the general
statutes is amended by adding subsection (h) as follows ( Effective
October 1, 2026):
(NEW) (h) Each assisted living services agency licensed under this
section that provides assisted living services in a managed residential
community shall ensure that all agency employees receive annual in -
service training concerning residents' fear of retaliation from employees
or others, including, but not limited to: (1) A discussion of residents'
rights to file complaints and voice grievances; (2) examples of what
might constitute or be perceived as employee retaliation against
residents; and (3) method s of preventing employee retaliation and
alleviating residents' fear of such retaliation. A person conducting such
in-service training shall be familiar with the needs of the resident
population served by the assisted living services agency at such
managed residential community, provided such training need not be
conducted by a qualified social worker or qualified social worker
consultant. For the purposes of this subsection, "assisted living services"
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has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-693.