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- Recommit, enacting clause stricken
- Referred to aging
- Committed to rules
- Restored to third reading
- Substitution reconsidered
- Substituted by A7736
- Amended on third reading 5397a
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.1042
- Referred to aging
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Relates to rules and regulations pertaining to the operation of social adult day care programs; requires report to the governor and the legislature
In Senate Committee · Aging · Sponsor Joan Millman
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BILL NUMBER:S5397A
Title of bill
An act to amend the elder law, in relation to rules and regulations pertaining to the operation of social adult day care programs
Purpose
To ensure that all social adult day programs in the state are subject to the same oversight by the State Office for the Aging (SOFA)
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 of this bill would remove the requirement that a social adult day program be the recipient of a grant from SOFA in order to be subject to regulations promulgated therefore.
Section 2 of this bill would require a report regarding the projected costs and benefits of establishing uniform standards and requirements with regards to social adult day programs to be delivered on or before December 31, 2013.
Section 3 of the bill would amend the definition of "social adult day services" and "social adult day care" to prohibit any person or program from using those terms to describe the services they offer if the services do not meet the definitions.
The definition of Social adult day services shall mean programs providing a variety of long term care services to a group of individuals possessing functional impairments whether due to physical or cognitive impairments in a congregate setting and pursuant to an individualized plan of care.
The definition of social adult day care shall mean a program providing a variety of comprehensive services to functionally impaired elderly persons ad defined in regulations established by the director. A person or program shall be prohibited from holding themselves out as a providing social adult day care unless they met the requirement of this paragraph.
Justification
Currently social adult day programs are regulated by the State Office for the Aging (SOFA) only if they receive a grant through the Office. This means that anyone can start a program and be free from any oversight as long as they never approach the Office for funding. There has been concern across the state that there are abuses taking place in programs that do not operate with sufficient staffing and do not provide adequate services. Families are paying out of pocket for these programs that are not subject to any oversight. This legislation would ensure that all programs must comply with regulations promulgated by SOFA and be overseen as the Office sees fit.
Prior legislative history
This is a New Bill
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
This Act shall take effect immediately.
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