West Virginia legislation · 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia HB5610: Authorizing Monitoring Devices in Long-term Care Facilities
Status: Introduced, February 16, 2026
What the bill says
To amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new article, designated §16-67-1, §16-67-2, §16-67-3, §16-67-4, §16-67-5, §16-67-6, §16-67-7 and §16-67-8, relating to authorizing the installation of monitors in long-term care facilities; providing a short title; defining terms; establishing conditions for installation of monitors; requiring consent of other residents in non-private rooms; long-term care facility may provide forms; providing duties of long-term care facilities; prohibiting certain conduct; granting the Department of Health rulemaking authority; allowing.
From the introduced text, February 16, 2026:
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new article, designated §16-67-1, §16-67-2, §16-67-3, §16-67-4, §16-67-5, §16-67-6, §16-67-7 and §16-67-8, relating to authorizing the installation of monitors in long-term care facilities; providing a short title; defining terms; establishing conditions for installation of monitors; requiring consent of other residents in non-private rooms; long-term care facility may provide forms; providing duties of long-term care facilities; prohibiting certain conduct; granting the Department of Health rulemaking authority; allowing violations of this article to be treated as a license violation of the long-term care facility; and establishing criminal penalties. ARTICLE 67. AUTHORIZING MONITORING DEVICES IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES. §16-67-1. Short title. The article shall be known as the Granting Relatives Access to Monitor Act (the GRAM'S Act). §16-67-2. Definitions. "Attorney in fact" means a person designated as such by a durable medical power of attorney for health care executed pursuant to §16-30-4 of this code. "Electronic monitoring device" means a surveillance instrument with a fixed position video camera or an audio recording device, or a combination thereof, that is installed in a resident's room and broadcasts or records activities or sounds occurring in the room pursuant to the provisions of this article. "Guardian" means a person lawfully invested with the power and charged with the duty of taking …