I believe that our advocacy for seniors must never take a back seat.   We must have strong protection and appeal rights for assisted living residents.  An appeal is the right to examine; to shape a point-of-view.  We must support the appeal process and all it entails. 

Assisted living facilities cannot have the latitude to discharge occupants and send them to unacceptable domains such as: shelters for the homeless, shelters unfit and ineffectual in caring for residents with particular needs.  The time is now.  Assisted living residents must have the protection of an appeals process; the protection of which has to be rapid and functional.

That is why I endorse the proposed regulation.