Please help support Carolyn’s Law Petition for the State of Ohio

Website: Carolynslaw.org   Email: petition@carolynslaw.org

 

INITIATIVE PETITION Amendment to the Constitution Proposed by Initiative Petition To be Submitted Directly to the Electors AMENDMENT TITLE Nursing Facility Patients’ Bill of Rights SUMMARY This Amendment would add section 12a to Article XV of the Ohio Constitution to require certain staff-to-patient ratios in nursing facilities and require certain minimum daily amounts of direct care to nursing facility patients. In addition to other provisions, the Amendment would: • Provide that the provisions of the Amendment adopted by the voters will also be known as Carolyn’s Law.

 

Carolyn’s Law proposes to have a mandatory staffing limit based on intense medical needs to the number of patients that each nurse and nurse aide cares for. Skilled nursing facilities would have a patient ratio of 1:5 for nurses and 1:8 for nurse aides. Nursing homes and long-term care facilities would have a patient ratio of 1:8 for nurses and nurse aides. If Carolyn’s Law is approved and passed into Ohio law, this will improve the quality of health care received in these nursing facilities, which can reduce adverse effects and increase satisfaction among patients, their families, and the nursing staff.

 

Please call Jesse J. Ruffin, Jr Bus: 216-825-3900 Cell: 216-702-2300