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H759 • 2025

An Act improving oversight in long-term care facilities

An Act improving oversight in long-term care facilities

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Sponsor
Rob Consalvo
Last action
2026-03-30
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5310 (under House Rule 27)
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act improving oversight in long-term care facilities

An Act improving oversight in long-term care facilities By Representative Consalvo of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act improving oversight in long-term care facilities By Representative Consalvo of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 759) of Rob Consalvo relative to monitoring devices in resident rooms at certain long-term care facilities.
  • Elder Affairs.

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  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-30 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5310 (under House Rule 27)

  2. 2025-09-03 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/16/2025 from 10:00 AM-1:00 PM in A-2

  3. 2025-06-27 Joint

    Referred, pursuant to an order adopted by the two branches, to the committee on Aging and Independence

  4. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Elder Affairs

  5. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

  6. House

    Reported by committee to Clerk’s Office for processing, will accompany a study order

Official Summary Text

An Act improving oversight in long-term care facilities
By Representative Consalvo of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 759) of Rob Consalvo relative to monitoring devices in resident rooms at certain long-term care facilities. Elder Affairs.

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Bill H.759

Chapter 111 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 72GG the following section:-

Section 72HH. (a) Notwithstanding section 99 of chapter 272 or any other general or special law to the contrary, a nursing home, rest home or other long-term care facility shall permit a resident or, with the resident’s consent, a resident’s family member or health care proxy to place a monitoring device, including a two-way camera, in the resident’s room to monitor the resident’s care and living arrangements; provided, that the resident resides in a private, single-occupancy room and the device does not monitor any other resident’s private residential space or any communal space. If the resident has not affirmatively objected to the monitoring device and the resident's physician determines that the resident lacks the ability to understand and appreciate the nature and consequences of remote monitoring, the resident’s health care proxy may consent on their behalf.

(b) A person placing a monitoring device in a resident’s room pursuant to subsection (a) shall notify the facility prior to placing the monitoring device and post conspicuous signage to notify any person entering the room that the room is being remotely monitored.

(c) The facility shall inform its employees and contractors of any monitoring device in use pursuant to subsection (a).

(d) All costs related to the installation and maintenance of the monitoring device shall be borne by the person who installed the device.

(e) A recording produced from the monitoring device shall not be disseminated except for the purposes of making a complaint to the facility or a regulatory authority, for admission into evidence in a civil, criminal or administrative proceeding, or as otherwise required by law.

(f) The department shall promulgate regulations, pursuant to chapter 30A, which shall include minimum privacy and notification standards. The department shall develop a form for notification to the facility.

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