(a) Nothing in this section or § 19a-535c shall be construed to create a private right of action against a nursing home facility, a nursing home facility employee, or any consultants or contractors with whom a nursing home facility has a contractual relationship.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 19a-535d

  • another: may extend and be applied to communities, companies, corporations, public or private, limited liability companies, societies and associations. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Hospital: means an establishment for the lodging, care and treatment of persons suffering from disease or other abnormal physical or mental conditions and includes inpatient psychiatric services in general hospitals. See Connecticut General Statutes 19a-490
  • 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
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.

(b) A nursing home facility, a nursing home facility employee or any consultants or contractors with whom a nursing home facility has a contractual relationship shall not be held liable, in any way, for the services rendered or not rendered by the caregiver to the resident at the resident’s home.

(c) Nothing in this section or § 19a-535c shall be construed to obviate the obligation of an insurance company, health service corporation, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation, health care center, as defined in § 38a-175, or any other entity issuing health benefits plans to provide coverage required under a health benefits plan.

(d) (1) An individual designated as caregiver pursuant to subsection (c) of § 19a-535c shall not be reimbursed by any government or commercial payer for post-discharge assistance that is provided pursuant to § 19a-535c.

(2) Nothing in this section or § 19a-535c shall be construed to impact, impede or otherwise disrupt or reduce the reimbursement obligations of an insurance company, health service corporation, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation, health care center, as defined in § 38a-175, or any other entity issuing health benefits plans.

(3) Nothing in this section or § 19a-535c shall delay the discharge of a resident or the transfer of a resident from a nursing home facility to another facility.

(4) Nothing in this section or § 19a-535c shall affect, nor take precedence over, any advance directive, conservatorship or other proxy health care rights as may be delegated by the patient or applicable by law.

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