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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session |
Senate: HHS DP 5-2-0-0 | Third Read 18-8-4-0House: HHS DP 7-5-0-0 |
SB 1052: assisted living; hyperbaric oxygen therapy
Sponsor: Senator Rogers, LD 7
Caucus & COW
Overview
Allows assisted living homes and centers to offer mild hyperbaric oxygen therapy (mHBOT) to their residents under outlined requirements.
History
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is a modality in which the entire body is exposed to oxygen under increased atmospheric pressure. HBOT treats a variety of conditions, including chronic wounds. During therapy, patients breathe in 100% oxygen under increased atmospheric pressure. This process allows a patient's lungs to gather more oxygen than normal, and a patient's blood carries the oxygen throughout the body to promote healing. HBOT is also used in treating conditions such as: 1) acute carbon monoxide poisoning; 2) decompression illness; and 3) cyanide poisoning (HonorHealth).
Assisted living centers are an assisted living facility that provides resident rooms or residential units to eleven or more residents. Assisted living homes are assisted living facilities that provide resident rooms to ten or fewer residents. Assisted living facilities are residential care institutions, including adult foster care homes, that provide or contract to provide supervisory, personal or directed care services on a continuous basis (A.R.S. §§ 36-401, 36-407).
Provisions
1. Authorizes assisted living homes and assisted living centers to offer mHBOT to their residents using a Class II mild hyperbaric oxygen chamber that:
a. has received premarket notification clearance for home use from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration;
b. is prescribed by or used under the direction of a physician; and
c. enables individuals to independently extricate themselves. (Sec. 1)
2. Requires assisted living homes and assisted living centers that offers mHBOT to its residents to:
a. ensure the use of mHBOT is provided only on the order of a physician; and
b. ensure that a staff member with manufacturer-approved training is on-site any time a resident receives mHBOT. (Sec. 1)
3. Outlines what must be included in the notice provided by assisted living homes and assisted living centers that offers mHBOT to its residents. (Sec. 1)
4. Prohibits assisted living centers and homes from offering mHBOT to residents who require directed care services, unless:
a. the therapy is provided on the order of the resident's treating physician; and
b. the resident or the resident's authorized representative provides informed consent. (Sec. 1)
5. Allows the Department of Health Services to adopt any necessary rules for the purpose of allowing the use of mHBOT to residents in assisted living homes and assisted living centers. (Sec. 1)
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