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1999 SESSION

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SB 1173 Adult care residences.

Introduced by: Jane H. Woods | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)

Social services; adult care residences. Authorizes the Commissioner of the Department of Social Services to issue licenses to adult care residences for periods based on the judgment of the Commissioner regarding the compliance history of the facility and the extent to which the adult care residence meets or exceeds state licensing standards. Based on this judgment, the Commissioner may issue licenses or renewals for periods of six months, one year, two years or three years. The bill also requires the Joint Commission on Health Care and the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to study (i) options for making adult care residence regulations more outcome oriented, (ii) means for making such regulations more focused on obtaining resident and family input, and (iii) the advisability of deemed status for nationally accredited adult care residences.


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