(a) At the time of a resident's admission to a long-term care facility, the resident shall have the option to provide information on the resident's gender identity or expression and preferred name and pronouns.
(b) Long-term care facilities shall protect personally identifiable information regarding a resident's sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transition history, and HIV status from unauthorized disclosure as may be required by any applicable provision of federal or District law. A long-term care facility shall take reasonable steps to minimize the likelihood of inadvertent or incidental disclosure of that information to other residents, visitors, or staff, except to the extent necessary for staff to perform their duties.
(Dec. 13, 1977, D.C. Law 2-38, title II, § 295; as added Dec. 23, 2020, D.C. Law 23-154, § 3, 67 DCR 13244.)
Section 7185 of D.C. Law 24-45 repealed section 4 of D.C. Law 23-154 removing the applicability provision impacting this section. Therefore the creation of this section by Law 23-154 has been implemented.
Section 7185 of D.C. Act 24-159 repealed section 4 of D.C. Law 23-154 removing the applicability provision impacting this section. Therefore the creation of this section by Law 23-154 has been implemented.
Applicability of D.C. Law 23-154: § 4 of D.C. Law 23-154 provided that the creation of this section by § 3 of D.C. Law 23-154 is subject to the inclusion of the law’s fiscal effect in an approved budget and financial plan. Therefore that amendment has not been implemented.
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