Murphy signs bill protecting LGBTQ, HIV-positive seniors in long-term care facilities
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Long-term care facilities in New Jersey cannot deny access to, discharge, evict or transfer LGBTQ and HIV-positive seniors based on their identity after Gov. Phil Murphy signed the LGBTQI+ Senior Bill of Rights into law.
The legislation, signed Wednesday, bars long-term care facilities from discriminating against residents based on sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, intersex status or HIV status. It also requires staff training and ensures transgender residents continue to receive transition-related care.
The Bill of Rights allows residents to use bathrooms they feel most comfortable using, forbids staff from using a resident s incorrect pronouns or name and restricts facilities from opposing residents requests to share rooms, among other protections.
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The law prohibits long-term care facilities from denying admission, transferring, discharging, or evicting residents, as well as denying service, medical care, or other reasonable accommodations.