Nursing homes, assisted living facilities, etc.; SHHR to study current oversight/regulation.

Secretary of Health and Human Resources; study consolidating oversight and regulation of nursing homes, assistedliving facilities, and other congregate living settings under a singlestate agency; report. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to study the feasibility of consolidating oversight andregulation of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and othercongregate living settings under a single state agency to improveefficiency and effectiveness of regulation and oversight, providebetter transparency for members of the public navigating the processof receiving services from such facilities, and better protect thehealth and safety of the public and to develop recommendations forconsolidation of such oversight and regulation and to report hisfindings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen ofthe Senate Committees on Education and Health and Finance and Appropriationsand the House Committees on Appropriations and Health, Welfare andInstitutions by October 1, 2022.