Bill Text: HI HR152 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Kupuna Caucus; Adult Residential Care Facilities; Nursing Homes; Domiciliary Care Facilities; Long-Term Care Facilities; Regulation; Auditor Study; Long-Term Care Commission

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-20 - (H) Referred to HUS/HLT, LMG, referral sheet 50 [HR152 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-HR152-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.R. NO.	152
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

 

requesting the Auditor to conduct a study to assess the feasibility of consolidating oversight responsibility of adult residential care AND FOSTER HOME facilities under a single department.

 

 

     WHEREAS, adult residential care and foster home facilities are important options for elderly persons who require living assistance in Hawaii; and

 

     WHEREAS, the State has a compelling interest in ensuring that adult residential care and foster home facilities are properly regulated so that they are able to deliver safe, quality, and low-cost care in the most efficient manner possible; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that Hawaii has a very complex system of community-based residential care settings for the elderly, including Adult Residential Care Homes, Extended Care Adult Residential Care Homes, Community Care Foster Family Homes, and Assisted Living Facilities; and

 

     WHEREAS, there exists a division of responsibility for regulating and overseeing residential care facilities for the elderly in Hawaii:  the Department of Health is responsible for licensing Adult Residential Care Homes, Extended Care Adult Residential Care Homes, and Assisted Living Facilities, whereas the Department of Human Services is responsible for licensing Community Care Foster Family Homes; and

 

     WHEREAS, although a study conducted by the Auditor in 2002 recommends that the Departments of Health and Human Services continue to separately regulate adult residential care and foster home facilities, Hawaii stakeholders continue to recommend that regulation be consolidated under a single agency to improve the quality of care they provide; and

 

     WHEREAS, efficiency dictates that a single government agency oversee all aspects of adult residential care and foster home facilities, so that an integrated, comprehensive home and community-based residential care system can be implemented; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-sixth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2012, that the Auditor is requested to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of a single agency overseeing all aspects of adult residential care and foster home facilities; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Auditor's study include an assessment of the current state allocation of responsibilities for quality assurance across departments, a review of the standards and inspection processes for residential care facilities and nursing homes, and recommendations for an integrated management strategy for adult residential care and foster home facilities; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Auditor's study include proposed amendments to existing law necessary to effectuate the recommendations of the study; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Auditor is requested to submit findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2013; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Auditor, Director of Human Services, Director of Health, and Hawaii Long-Term Care Commission.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Kupuna Caucus; Adult Residential Care Facilities; Nursing Homes; Domiciliary Care Facilities; Long-Term Care Facilities; Regulation; Auditor Study; Long-Term Care Commission