Bill Text: HI HB1393 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Inspections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-12-01 - Carried over to 2020 Regular Session. [HB1393 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-HB1393-Introduced.html
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
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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 inspections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that orderly and coordinated inspections of long-term care facilities is in the best interests of the public and any potentially-affected stakeholders. The legislature further finds that the elderly or disabled residents of these long-term care facilities have rights to privacy and to be free of unwarranted and unwanted government intrusion. The legislature believes that these individuals deserve to be treated with respect and granted peace and quiet.
The legislature recognizes that it would be more efficient and beneficial for the department of health to spend its resources meeting and establishing a dialogue with the operators of the affected long-term care facilities, thus creating an opportunity for the operators of these facilities to learn from the department's inspectors. Further, the legislature notes that unannounced inspections are a misuse of State resources when the operator of an affected long-term care facility is not present for the inspection.
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to require the department of health to provide at least two hours notice to long-term care facilities prior to unannounced visits and inspections.
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 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[.];
provided that the department shall provide any facility that is to be the subject of an unannounced visit or inspection with notice of the visit or inspection at least two hours before the visit or inspection."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2019.
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Report Title:
DOH; Long-Term Care Facilities; Visits; Inspections; Notice
Description:
Requires the Department of Health to notify the operators of long-term care facilities of unannounced visits or inspections.
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