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SB 1187 Assisted living facilities; requires administrators to be licensed.

Introduced by: Linda T. Puller | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Assisted living facilities; civil penalties. Requires administrators of assisted living facilities to be licensed by the Board of Long-Term Care Administrators within the Department of Health Professions. The bill renames the Board of Nursing Home Administrators as the Board of Long-Term Care Administrators. The licensing provisions shall not take effect until July 1, 2007. The Board of Long-Term Care Administrators shall submit the proposed criteria for licensing assisted living facility administrators to the chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions, Senate Committee on Education and Health, and Joint Commission on Health Care on or before January 1, 2006. The bill permits the Commissioner to issue an order of summary suspension of a license to operate an assisted living facility and adult day care center in cases of immediate and substantial threat to the health, safety, and welfare of residents or participants. The bill increases the maximum civil penalties for assisted living facilities from $500 to $10,000 per inspection and directs that the civil penalties be paid to the newly created Assisted Living Facility Education and Technical Assistance Fund to provide education for staff of and technical assistance to assisted living facilities.


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