Bill Text: HI HB2303 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Developmental Disabilities Foster Homes
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-27 - Referred to HLT, JUD, referral sheet 6 [HB2303 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-HB2303-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ADULT FOSTER HOMES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 321-11.2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"§321-11.2
Adult foster homes. (a) The department of health is authorized to certify
adult foster homes for [developmentally disabled] individuals with developmental
[disabilities] or intellectual disabilities requiring such care beyond the
individual's eighteenth birthday. "Adult foster home" means a
private family home providing care on a twenty-four hour basis [for]
to adults with developmental or intellectual disabilities. To be certified,
an adult foster home shall [have]: (1) house not more than two adults
with developmental or intellectual disabilities at the same time[, who are
unrelated to the foster family.]; and (2) not have a certified caregiver
be: (a) a legal guardian of the foster adult; or (b) a trustee of the foster
adult; or (c) related to the foster [family] adult. "Related"
means related by blood, by marriage, or have a legal relationship between the
certified caregiver and the foster adult. The director of health may waive
the two adult limit for certification of that home as an adult foster home[;],
provided that the number of adults with developmental or intellectual disabilities
in the certified home shall not exceed three adults with developmental or intellectual
disabilities. To accommodate residents of a foster boarding home for children
with developmental or intellectual disabilities who reach the age of eighteen years,
where the home is certified as a foster boarding home for children under [section]
sections 346-16 and 346-17, the director of health may waive the two adult
limit for certification of that home as an adult foster home, provided that: (1)
the total number of foster children with developmental or
intellectual disabilities and adults with developmental or intellectual disabilities
in such a dually certified home shall not exceed [five]three,
and (2) no new adults and children may be admitted into the home.
[while there are any foster children residing in the home.] An existing
adult foster home shall not have dual certification when the certification of the
adult foster home precedes dual certification.
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.
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BY REQUEST |
Report Title:
Developmental Disabilities Foster Homes
Description:
This bill allows a definition of "related" to include relationships by blood, by marriage, legal guardians, and trustees of the foster adult. Legal guardians, trustees, and relatives may not continue to care for individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) as a foster home; permits minors with I/DD to age in place under certain conditions; clarifies that certified adult foster homes with dual certification not exceed a total of three individuals with I/DD; and prohibits adult foster homes from dual certification.
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