Bill Text: HI SB525 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Health.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-24 - Referred to CPH. [SB525 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2019-SB525-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to health.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 321-1.9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) The department of health [shall] may
conduct unannounced visits and inspections, including inspections for
relicensing or recertification, for the following state-licensed or
state-certified 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."
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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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, 2019.
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Report Title:
Department of Health; Inspections; Care Facilities
Description:
Makes
Department of Health unannounced inspections of care facilities discretionary
rather than mandatory.
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
