Bill Text: HI HB2450 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relating To Hospice Homes.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-09 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Har, McDermott, Souki, Tupola, Woodson excused (5). [HB2450 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2018-HB2450-Amended.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2450
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO HOSPICE HOMES.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 321-1.8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  [Beginning with inspections occurring on January 1, 2015, the] The department of health shall post on its website electronic copies of reports for all inspections it performs of the following state-licensed health care facilities:

     (1)  Adult day health centers;

     (2)  Adult day care centers;

     (3)  Community care foster family homes;

     (4)  Developmental disabilities domiciliary homes as defined in section 321‑15.9;

     (5)  Developmentally disabled adult foster homes;

     (6)  Long-term care facilities as defined in section 349‑21(f); [and]

     (7)  Special treatment facilities as defined in section 334‑1[.]; and

     (8)  Hospice homes as defined in section 321-15.1."

     SECTION 2.  Section 321-1.9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  The department of health shall conduct unannounced visits and inspections, including inspections for relicensing or recertification, for the following state-licensed or state-certified health care facilities on an annual basis and at such intervals as determined by the department to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of each resident:

     (1)  Adult day health centers;

     (2)  Adult day care centers;

     (3)  Community care foster family homes;

     (4)  Developmental disabilities domiciliary homes;

     (5)  Adult foster homes;

     (6)  Long-term care facilities, including but not limited to:

          (A)  Adult residential care homes;

          (B)  Expanded adult residential care homes;

          (C)  Assisted living facilities;

          (D)  Intermediate care facilities;

          (E)  Nursing facilities; and

          (F)  Skilled nursing facilities; [and]

     (7)  Special treatment facilities[.]; and

     (8)  Hospice homes as defined under section 321-15.1."

     SECTION 3.  Section 321-15.63, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  The department of health [may] shall license hospice service agencies.  If the department licenses hospice service agencies, the director shall adopt rules in accordance with chapter 91 regarding hospice service agencies that shall:

     (1)  Protect the health, safety, welfare, and civil rights of persons residing in their place of residence; and

     (2)  Provide penalties for the failure to comply with any rule.

     Licensing shall be required annually for the first two years of licensure.  Thereafter, licensing shall be required biennially; provided that if the department of health receives a complaint regarding the hospice service agency from the time of the last licensure, the licensing shall be required annually until such time as the department is satisfied that licensing may proceed biennially."

     SECTION 4.  This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.

     SECTION 5.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 6.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 3000, and shall apply to inspections under sections 1 and 2 of this Act that occur on or after January 1, 2020.

 

 

Report Title:

Hospice Homes; Hospice Service Agencies; State-Licensed or State-Certified Care Facility; Certification; Recertification

 

Description:

Includes a hospice home operated by a hospice service agency as a state-licensed or state-certified health care facility subject to Department of Health inspections.  Requires the licensure of hospice service agencies.  (HB2450 HD1)

 

 

 

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