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HB 424 Asst. living facilities; regs. for serving resid. w/ment. illness, ment. retard. or sub. abuse prob.

Introduced by: Vivian E. Watts | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Assisted living facilities; special regulations for serving residents with serious mental illness, mental retardation or substance abuse problems. Requires assisted living facilities that choose to serve residents with serious mental illness, mental retardation or substance abuse problems to comply with the State Board of Social Service's regulations governing such placement. The Board's regulations shall require any assisted living facility serving residents with serious mental illness, mental retardation or substance abuse problems to arrange, prior to admission, for the provision of necessary clinical treatment or habilitation by either the assisted living facility or qualified providers such as community services boards or private providers licensed by the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services. The regulations shall also require assisted living facilities serving more than a stipulated proportion of individuals with serious mental illness, mental retardation or substance abuse problems to be licensed by the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services, using a special module in its licensing regulations, to provide appropriate clinical treatment or habilitation directly or through contracts with other qualified providers, to those individuals. The Board's regulations shall establish the threshold for assisted living facilities serving a stipulated proportion of individuals with serious mental illness, mental retardation or substance abuse problems to be subject to the special module licensing regulation of the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services.


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