Bill Text: DE HCR55 | 2023-2024 | 152nd General Assembly | Draft
Bill Title: Directing The Delaware Department Of Health And Social Services To Issue A Report Analyzing Long-term Care.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-4)
Status: (Engrossed) 2023-06-07 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 5 ABSENT [HCR55 Detail]
Download: Delaware-2023-HCR55-Draft.html
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SPONSOR: |
Rep. K. Johnson & Rep. Briggs King & Sen. Mantzavinos & Sen. Pettyjohn |
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Reps. Baumbach, Griffith, Hilovsky; Sens. Hocker, Hoffner, Huxtable, Lockman, Townsend |
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 55
DIRECTING THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES TO ISSUE A REPORT ANALYZING LONG-TERM CARE.
WHEREAS, the Delaware Population Consortium projects that Delaware’s senior population will increase by 41.1 percent between 2020 and 2050; and
WHEREAS, data from the Harvard Joint Centers for Housing Studies indicates that seniors are more likely to suffer from physical disabilities as they age, which may impact their ability to complete activities of daily living; and
WHEREAS, the Alzheimer’s Association estimates that, by 2025, there will be 23,000 Delawareans diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease; and
WHEREAS, long-term care facilities provide seniors a range of care and support services, and are an integral component to the state’s broader eldercare landscape; and
WHEREAS, person-centered care is essential to ensure that long-term care facilities are adequately meeting the needs of their residents; and
WHEREAS, Delaware’s statutory framework for long-term care staffing has not been updated in over twenty years, and the state’s statutory and regulatory frameworks for long-term care facilities use inconsistent terminology; and
WHEREAS, the Long Term Care and Memory Care Task Force recommended that the State review and revise sections of the Delaware Code and Administrative Code related to long-term care; and
WHEREAS, the Task Force also called on the Department of Health and Social Services to embrace a person-centered acuity model for staffing requirements and requested a written status report.
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representative of the 152 nd General Assembly of the State of Delaware, the Senate concurring therein, that the Department of Health and Social Services is directed to review the Delaware Code and Administrative Code and assess the development of a person-centered acuity model for long-term care staffing.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the report should also include all of the following:
(1) recommendations for the revision of the Delaware Code and the Delaware Administrative Code related to long-term care, including, but not limited to:
a. identifying and using consistent definitions and terminology relating to long-term care facilities.
b. defining terms related to memory care.
c. ensuring statutes and regulations related to long-term care and memory care reflect current terminology and best practices.
d. reorganizing the Delaware Code and Administrative Code to ensure all sections related to the provision of memory care services are in one place.
(2) an implementation plan for a person-centered acuity model of long-term care staffing.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that no later than April 1, 2024, DHSS should submit a report detailing the findings of their assessment to all the following: the Governor, all members of the General Assembly, the Controller General, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, with copies to the Director and the Librarian of the Division of Research of Legislative Council, and the Delaware Public Archives.
SYNOPSIS
This Resolution requires the Department of Health and Social Services to submit a report no later than April 1, 2024 detailing recommendations for the revision of the Delaware Code and the Delaware Administrative Code related to long-term care. The report is also required to outline an implementation plan for a person-centered acuity model of long-term care staffing.
