HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
2692 |
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
H.D. 2 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
S.D. 1 |
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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 321-483, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 relating to:
(1) Standards of conditions and competence for the operation of community care foster family homes;
(2) Procedures for obtaining and renewing a certificate of approval from the department;
(3) Minimum grievance procedures for clients of community care foster family home services; and
(4) Requirements
for primary and substitute caregivers caring for three clients in community
care foster family homes including[:
(A) Mandating
that primary and substitute caregivers be twenty-one years of age or older;
(B) Mandating
that primary and substitute caregivers complete a minimum of twelve hours of
continuing education every twelve months or at least twenty-four hours of
continuing education every twenty-four months;
(C) Allowing
the primary caregiver to be absent from the community care foster family home
for no more than twenty-eight hours in a calendar week, not to exceed five hours
per day; provided that the substitute caregiver is present in the community
care foster family home during the primary caregiver's absence;
(D) Where
the primary caregiver is absent from the community care foster family home in
excess of the hours as prescribed in subparagraph (C), mandating that the
substitute caregiver be a certified nurse aide; and
(E) Mandating
that the substitute caregiver have, at a minimum, one year prior work experience
as a caregiver in a community residential setting or in a medical facility.]
allowing for primary caregivers to be absent from the community care foster family home; provided that the substitute caregiver is present in the community care foster family home during the primary caregiver's absence."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Community Care Foster Family Home; Caregivers
Description:
Broadens
the requirements under administrative rules for primary and substitute
caregivers caring for three clients in community care foster family homes to
allow for primary caregivers to be absent from the community care foster family
home if a substitute caregiver is present.
Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.