Bill Text: HI SB2318 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Social Services.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-19 - Referred to HHS, WAM. [SB2318 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB2318-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to social services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 346-53, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
"(c) The director, pursuant to chapter 91, shall
determine the rate of payment for domiciliary care, including care provided in
licensed developmental disabilities domiciliary homes, community care foster
family homes, and certified adult foster homes, to be provided to recipients
who are eligible for federal supplementary security income or public
assistance, or both. The director shall
provide for level of care payment as follows:
(1) Beginning on July 1, [2008,] ,
for adult residential care homes classified as facility type I, licensed
developmental disabilities domiciliary homes as defined under section 321-15.9,
community care foster family homes as defined under section 321-481, and
certified adult foster homes as defined under section 321-11.2, the state
supplemental payment shall not exceed [$651.90;] $ ;
and
(2) Beginning on July 1, [2008,] ,
for adult residential care homes classified as facility type II, the state
supplemental payment shall not exceed [$759.90.] $ .
If
the operator does not provide the quality of care consistent with the needs of
the individual to the satisfaction of the department, the department may remove
the recipient to another facility.
The
department shall handle abusive practices under this section in accordance with
chapter 91.
Nothing
in this subsection shall allow the director to remove a recipient from an adult
residential care home or other similar institution if the recipient does not
desire to be removed and the operator is agreeable to the recipient remaining,
except where the recipient requires a higher level of care than provided or
where the recipient no longer requires any domiciliary care."
SECTION 2. Section 346D-4.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
"(c) The State's supplemental payment for a needs
allowance under subsection (a) shall be increased by an amount necessary to
bring the allowance up to [$50] $
per month. The payment under this
section shall be afforded to an individual notwithstanding that the individual
is incapacitated; provided that the moneys may be spent on behalf of the
client, with a written accounting, by the operator of the residence or
facility."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Social Services; Monthly Needs Allowance; State Supplemental Payments
Description:
Amends the state supplemental payment ceiling for domiciliary care paid to recipients who are eligible for federal supplementary security income or public assistance, or both. Amends the monthly needs allowance for individuals residing in foster homes, care homes, domiciliary homes, and other long-term care facilities.
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
