NURSNG HOME-ACCESS TO RESIDENT

Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that certain persons shall be permitted access at reasonable hours to a resident of a facility "with the resident's consent". Provides that every individual entering a facility as authorized under these provisions shall promptly notify the administrator or the administrator's designee of his or her presence and request access to those residents who have given consent. Places restrictions on access to a resident's immediate living area, and imposes other requirements with respect to access to residents. Provides that a resident may terminate a visit under these provisions at any time. Provides that if a legal guardian has been appointed for a resident by a probate court, any individual requesting personal, legal, financial, or medical information from the resident must have sought and received prior written approval from the guardian before seeking access to the resident and must present evidence of that approval to the administrator or the administrator's designee upon entering the facility. Effective immediately.