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HCR047.....................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
IDAHO STATE SCHOOL/HOSPITAL - CONSTRUCTION OF LIVING FACILITY - Stating
findings of the Legislature and authorizing the Department of Health and
Welfare to enter into agreements with the Idaho State Building Authority to
construct living facilities at the Idaho State School and Hospital, subject
to approval of the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee.
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HCR047
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2000
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 47
BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
2 AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE, IDAHO STATE SCHOOL AND HOS-
3 PITAL, TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH THE IDAHO STATE BUILDING AUTHORITY TO
4 FINANCE CONSTRUCTION OF A LIVING FACILITY.
5 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
6 WHEREAS, the Department of Health and Welfare, Idaho State School and Hos-
7 pital, a licensed intermediate care facility for persons with mental retarda-
8 tion, is required to provide services, programs and living facilities which
9 will enhance the client's independence, self-sufficiency, and provide for
10 their health needs and personal development in a safe and secure environment;
11 and
12 WHEREAS, the legislative interim committee appointed to study this and
13 related issues determined that the clients now being referred and admitted for
14 treatment, stabilization and transitional services are individuals with the
15 most difficult behavioral challenges without options for community care in the
16 private sector because they are too dangerous and aggressive or their medical
17 needs are too complex and demanding; and
18 WHEREAS, the living units at the Idaho State School and Hospital were not
19 designed or built to house clients with these complex behavioral challenges,
20 the facilities are not a safe living environment for either clients or staff,
21 and the facilities do not allow for alternatives in health care licensure to
22 achieve efficiencies and economies in treatment and staffing or alternatives
23 in treatment strategies; and
24 WHEREAS, the Department of Health and Welfare commissioned an architec-
25 tural study which determined the need to replace two functionally obsolete
26 buildings which house the majority of the clients with a new multibed facility
27 that meets current standards established for this type of facility together
28 with infrastructure and site improvements to accommodate and enhance services
29 to clients now served; and
30 WHEREAS, it is imperative and necessary that this facility be placed in
31 service at the earliest possible time to meet the public health and safety
32 needs.
33 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second Regular Ses-
34 sion of the Fifty-fifth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and
35 the Senate concurring therein, that the Legislature hereby authorizes and pro-
36 vides approval for the Department of Health and Welfare to enter into an
37 agreement or agreements with the Idaho State Building Authority, under such
38 terms and conditions as may be reasonable and necessary, to provide such
39 facilities and financing thereof on the site of the existing campus of the
40 Idaho State School and Hospital. This authorization shall be subject to
41 approval of the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee by formal adoption of a
42 motion recorded in its minutes.
43 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution constitutes authorization
44 required by the provisions of Section 67-6410, Idaho Code.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS10243C1
Authorizes the department of Health and Welfare, Idaho State School and
Hospital, to enter into agreements with the Idaho State building authority to
finance construction of a living facility.
FISCAL NOTE
Estimated total building costs would be approximately 13.5 million. State general
fund would be responsible for 6.5 million and the rest would be raised through
bonds.
CONTACT: Representative Deal
Senator Thorne
(208) 332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE HCR 47