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THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
2006 |
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to adult foster homes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 321-11.2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) The department of health is
authorized to certify adult foster homes for individuals with developmental [disabilities]
or intellectual disabilities requiring such care beyond the individual's
eighteenth birthday. "Adult foster home" means a private family
home providing care on a twenty-four hour basis [for] to adults
with developmental or intellectual disabilities. To be certified, an adult
foster home shall [have]:
(1) House not more than two adults with
developmental or intellectual disabilities at the same time[, who are
unrelated to the foster family.]; and
(2) Have a certified caregiver who is:
(A) A legal guardian of the foster adult;
(B) A trustee of the foster adult; or
(C) Related to the foster adult. "Related" means related by blood, related by marriage, or having a legal relationship between the certified caregiver and the foster adult.
The director of health may waive the two adult
limit for certification of that home as an adult foster home; provided that the
number of adults with developmental or intellectual disabilities in the
certified home shall not exceed three adults with developmental or intellectual
disabilities. To accommodate residents of a foster boarding home for children
with developmental or intellectual disabilities who reach the age of eighteen
years, where the home is certified as a foster boarding home for children under
[section] sections 346-16 and 346-17, the director of health may
waive the two adult limit for certification of that home as an adult foster
home, provided that: (1) the total number of foster children with
developmental or intellectual disabilities and adults with developmental
or intellectual disabilities in such a dually certified home shall
not exceed [five,] three, and (2) no new adults or children
may be admitted into the home [while there are any foster children residing
in the home]. An existing adult foster home shall not have dual
certification when the certification of the adult foster home precedes dual
certification."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Adult Foster Homes; Certified Caregiver; Dual Certification
Description:
Requires adult foster homes to have a certified caregiver for the foster adult in the home. Reduces total number of foster children and foster adults with developmental or intellectual disabilities permitted in a dually certified home to three. Prohibits dual certification when certification of the adult foster home precedes dual certification.
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