New Jersey A5112 provides protections for residents of long-term care facilities and long-term acute care hospitals.

New Jersey A5112 provides certain protections to residents of long-term care facilities and long-term acute care hospitals. The bill requires long-term care facilities to provide residents with a notice that they have the option to hire an attorney to assist with applying for Medicaid long-term care benefits. It prohibits owners, administrators, directors, officers, or employees of a long-term care facility, or any person or entity affiliated or related to them, from acting as an attorney-in-fact for a resident.

New Jersey A5112 provides protections for residents of long-term care facilities and long-term acute care hospitals.

New Jersey A5112 provides certain protections to residents of long-term care facilities and long-term acute care hospitals. The bill requires long-term care facilities to provide residents with a notice that they have the option to hire an attorney to assist with applying for Medicaid long-term care benefits. It prohibits owners, administrators, directors, officers, or employees of a long-term care facility, or any person or entity affiliated or related to them, from acting as an attorney-in-fact for a resident.