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H0599aa...............................................by HEALTH AND WELFARE
PERSONAL CARE SERVICES - Amends existing law to provide that the Department
of Health and Welfare may grant waivers to personal care services homes
under certain circumstances.
02/03 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/04 Rpt prt - to Health/Wel
02/25 Rpt out - to Gen Ord
02/26 Rpt out amen - to engros
02/27 Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/02 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/05 3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 70-0-0
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Bivens,
Black(15), Black(23), Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase,
Clark, Crane, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13),
Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Hansen, Henbest, Hornbeck,
Jaquet, Jones(9), Jones(22), Jones(20), Judd, Kellogg, Kempton,
Kendell, Kjellander, Kunz, Lake, Linford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley,
McKague, Meyer, Miller, Mortensen, Newcomb, Pischner, Pomeroy,
Reynolds, Richman, Ridinger, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Stevenson,
Stoicheff, Stone, Stubbs, Taylor, Tilman, Tippets, Trail, Watson,
Wheeler, Wood, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- None
Floor Sponsors - Stoicheff, Sali
Title apvd - to Senate
03/06 Senate intro - 1st rdg as amen - to Health/Wel
03/11 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/12 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/18 3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 34-0-1
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry,
Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stennett,
Sweeney, Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler, Whitworth
NAYS--None
Absent and excused--Hansen
Floor Sponsor - Ipsen
Title apvd - to House
03/19 To enrol - rpt enrol - Pres signed
Sp signed - to Governor
03/20 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 238
Effective: 04/19/98
H0599|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session - 1998IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 599, As Amended BY HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO PERSONAL CARE SERVICES; AMENDING CHAPTER 13, TITLE 39, IDAHO CODE, 3 BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 39-1301a, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT THE 4 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE MAY GRANT WAIVERS TO PERSONAL CARE SER- 5 VICES HOMES FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF SECTION 39-1301, IDAHO CODE, UNDER 6 SPECIFIED CIRCUMSTANCES; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE 7 DATE. 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 9 SECTION 1. That Chapter 13, Title 39, Idaho Code, be, and the same is 10 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION , to be 11 known and designated as Section 39-1301a, Idaho Code, and to read as follows: 12 39-1301a. WAIVERS FOR PERSONAL CARE SERVICES HOMES FROM NURSING FACILITY 13 AND INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITY DEFINITIONS. The Idaho department of health and 14 welfare shall have the authority to grant personal care services homes that 15 have been approved pursuant to IDAPA 16.03.09.146.06.f.ix, a waiver from sec- 16 tions 39-1301(b) and (c) (1), Idaho Code, to permit no more than two (2) per- 17 sons, both of whom meet the level of care defined in those sections, to reside 18 in the same personal care services home, regardless of payor source. Before 19 granting a waiver under this section, the department shall require, when fea- 20 sible, written statements from each of the two (2) persons or their legal rep- 21 resentatives evidencing their desire to reside in the same personal care ser- 22 vices home. 23 The department shall revoke any waiver granted pursuant to this section 24 where it is determined there is a threat to the life or safety of either per- 25 son or where one (1) of the persons leaves the personal care services home 26 permanently or notifies the department in writing that they do not wish to 27 reside in the personal care services home with the other individual. Any 28 waiver granted under this section shall be reviewed annually. 29 SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby 30 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect thirty days 31 after its passage and approval.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 07788
The purpose of this legislation is to change the definitions of
"skilled nursing facility" and of "intermediate care facility."
FISCAL NOTE
Indeterminate.
CONTACT:
Name:
Telephone:
Representative Jim Stoicheff
208-332-1211
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE
Bill No. H 599