Mississippi SB2886 mandates rules for nursing homes and assisted living facilities to maintain emergency power sources during weather-related.
Mississippi SB2886 requires the State Department of Health to adopt rules governing minimum standards for construction, electricity, and emergency power sources for licensed nursing homes and assisted living facilities. These facilities must maintain a fully operational emergency power source and a supply of fuel sufficient to sustain it for at least five days during a power outage. The emergency power source must provide power for patients reliant on supplemental oxygen or other medical devices requiring electrical power and maintain comfortable air temperatures for residents.
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