SCR6 (2008) Detail

(New Title) urging the federal government to create a simplified process for short-term admissions to nursing homes for the purpose of respite care.


SCR 6 – VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

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2008 SESSION

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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 6

A RESOLUTION urging the federal government to create a simplified process for short-term admissions to nursing homes for the purpose of respite care.

SPONSORS: Sen. Kenney, Dist 3; Rep. Schulze, Hills 26; Rep. MacKay, Merr 11

COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This senate concurrent resolution urges the federal government to allow certain nursing homes to

use a number of beds for respite care and to create a simplified, streamlined process for short-term admissions to nursing homes for the purpose of respite care.

03/13/08 0816s

07May2008… 1587h

08-2859

01/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight

A RESOLUTION urging the federal government to create a simplified process for short-term admissions to nursing homes for the purpose of respite care.

Whereas, an increasing number of elderly and disabled citizens are being cared for in the home, often by family members; and

Whereas, the home care providers of such persons need time to relax and take care of other responsibilities; and

Whereas, there is an acute need for safe and appropriate short-term placements where elderly and disabled citizens can stay while their home caregivers have a period of respite from providing home-based care; and

Whereas, certain nursing homes in New Hampshire would be willing to provide short-term respite care if there was a simplified and streamlined process for such admissions; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

That the general court of New Hampshire hereby urges Congress to develop a simplified and streamlined process for short-term admissions to nursing homes for the purpose of respite care that minimizes, to the greatest extent possible, paperwork and recordkeeping that needs to be completed prior to and during such admissions; and

That copies of this resolution shall be sent by the senate clerk to the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, and each member of the New Hampshire congressional delegation.