THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

1361

TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011

S.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO COMMUNITY CARE FOSTER FAMILY HOMES.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 346-331, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "community care foster family home" to read as follows:

     ""Community care foster family home" or "home" means a home that, for the purposes of this part:

     (1)  Is regulated by the department in accordance with rules that are equitable in relation to rules that govern expanded adult residential care homes;

     (2)  Is issued a certificate of approval by the department or its designee to provide, for a fee, twenty-four-hour living accommodations, including personal care and homemaker services, for not more than two adults at any one time, at least one of whom shall be a medicaid recipient, who are at the nursing facility level of care, who are unrelated to the foster family, and who are receiving the services of a licensed home and community-based case management agency; provided that the department, in its discretion, may certify a home for a third adult who is at the nursing facility level of care and a medicaid recipient; provided that [the]:

     (A)  The home has been certified and in operation for not less than one year; and

          (B)  The primary and substitute caregivers are certified nurse aides who have completed a state-approved training program and other training as required by the department; and

     (3)  Does not include expanded adult residential care homes or assisted living facilities, which shall continue to be licensed by the department of health."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 



Report Title:

Community Care Foster Family Homes

 

Description:

Amends the definition of community care foster family home to require that a community care foster family home be certified and in operation for not less than one year prior to being certified for a third client.  (SD1)

 

 

 

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