No nursing home facility or residential care home shall discharge or in any manner discriminate or retaliate against any resident of any nursing home facility or residential care home, or any relative, guardian, conservator or sponsoring agency thereof or against any employee of any nursing home facility or residential care home or against any other person because such resident, relative, guardian, conservator, sponsoring agency, employee or other person has filed any complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding under sections 17a-413, 17a-876, 19a-531 to 19a-534, inclusive, 19a-536 to 19a-539, inclusive, 19a-550, 19a-553, 19a-554 or § 19a-562g, or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding or because of the exercise by such resident, relative, guardian, conservator, sponsoring agency, employee or other person on behalf of himself, herself or others of any right afforded by said sections. Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, any nursing home facility or residential care home that violates any provision of this section shall (1) be liable to the injured party for treble damages, and (2) (A) reinstate the employee, if the employee was terminated from employment in violation of any provision of this section, or (B) restore the resident to his or her living situation prior to such discrimination or retaliation, including his or her housing arrangement or other living conditions within the nursing home facility or residential care home, as appropriate, if the resident’s living situation was changed in violation of any provision of this section. For purposes of this section, “discriminate or retaliate” includes, but is not limited to, the discharge, demotion, suspension or any other detrimental change in terms or conditions of employment or residency, or the threat of any such action.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 19a-532

  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • nursing home facility: means (1) any chronic and convalescent nursing home or any rest home with nursing supervision that provides nursing supervision under a medical director twenty-four hours per day, or (2) any chronic and convalescent nursing home that provides skilled nursing care under medical supervision and direction to carry out nonsurgical treatment and dietary procedures for chronic diseases, convalescent stages, acute diseases or injuries. See Connecticut General Statutes 19a-490
  • Person: means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or association. See Connecticut General Statutes 19a-490
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.