Advocates Protest Plan To Eliminate Certain Fines Against Care Centers
(Des Moines Register)
April 9, 2009
Excerpt provided by Inclusion Daily Express.
DES MOINES, IOWA– [Excerpt] Advoc
ates for seniors are protesting legislation that would eliminate fines imposed against Iowa nursing homes for a range of violations, including failure to follow a physician’s orders, failure to meet basic fire-safety regulations and failure to provide adequate nutrition for residents.
The bill recently passed both the full Senate and a House committee without a single dissenting vote.
But advocates now claim that lawmakers have been misled about the impacts of the legislation, which would give nursing homes the opportunity to avoid fines for what are called “Class 2 violations,” if the facility corrects those problems before state inspectors become aware of them.
“This really makes me angry,” said Charlotte Walker, an Iowa City advocate for seniors. “I wonder if even one of our senators bothered to ask what was really included in these so-called low-level violations.”
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