Father urges bill’s passage after daughter’s throat was slit at disability care facility

fter a woman with developmental disabilities had her throat slit at an Ohio care facility, her father is urging the state legislature to pass a bill he believes would help families keep their loved ones safe.

House Bill 465, known as Lauren’s Law, would force facilities for the developmentally disabled to allow cameras in resident’s rooms at their request or the request of their guardian or attorney. Through the Medicaid Waiver Program, it would also pay family members who want to care for their loved ones at home nearly the same as those who work in intermediate care facilities.

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