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SCR109................................................by HEALTH AND WELFARE
HEALTH CARE FACILITIES - Stating findings of the Legislature and directing
the Department of Health and Welfare to apply for a waiver allowing surveys
of certain health care facilities by independent accrediting organizations
to be deemed to meet state inspection requirements.
02/12 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/13 Rpt prt - to Health/Wel
02/16 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
02/20 10th Ord - ADOPTED - 32-0-3
AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch(Bartlett), Brandt, Bunderson,
Burtenshaw, Cameron, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure,
Geddes, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia, Lee, Lodge, Noh,
Richardson, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sims, Sorensen, Stegner,
Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler, Whitworth, Williams,
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Danielson, Goedde, Hawkins
Floor Sponsors -- Ipsen, Darrington, Wheeler
Title apvd - to House
02/21 House intro - 1st rdg - to Health/Wel
03/09 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/12 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/14 3rd rdg - ADOPTED - 64-0-6
AYES -- Barraclough, Barrett, Bedke, Bell, Bieter, Boe, Bolz,
Bradford, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Collins, Cuddy,
Deal, Denney, Ellis, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(13), Field(20),
Gagner, Gould, Hadley, Hammond, Harwood, Henbest, Higgins, Hornbeck,
Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Langford, Loertscher,
Mader, Marley, McKague, Montgomery, Mortensen, Moss, Moyle, Pearce,
Pischner, Pomeroy, Raybould, Ridinger, Roberts, Robison, Sali,
Sellman, Shepherd, Smith, Smylie, Stone, Swan, Tilman, Trail,
Wheeler, Young, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Black, Crow, Meyer, Schaefer, Stevenson, Wood
Floor Sponsor -- Sali
Title apvd - to Senate
03/15 To enrol
03/16 Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/19 Sp signed
03/20 To Secretary of State
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session - 2001
IN THE SENATE
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 109
BY HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
2 STATING FINDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
3 WELFARE TO APPLY FOR A WAIVER ALLOWING SURVEYS OF CERTAIN HEALTH CARE
4 FACILITIES BY INDEPENDENT ACCREDITING ORGANIZATIONS TO BE DEEMED TO MEET
5 STATE INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS.
6 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
7 WHEREAS, many skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities
8 are subject to inspections by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health
9 Care Organizations (JCAHO) or the Commission of Accreditation of Rehabilita-
10 tion Facilities (CARF) and additional inspections are costly and unnecessarily
11 duplicative; and
12 WHEREAS, it is in the interests of the facilities, the state of Idaho and
13 the welfare of those who receive care that unnecessary waste be eliminated
14 whenever possible.
15 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the First Regular Session
16 of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature, the Senate and the House of Representa-
17 tives concurring therein, that the Department of Health and Welfare is
18 directed to research and apply for deemed status with the Health Care Financ-
19 ing Administration (HCFA) to allow other accrediting bodies such as JCAHO or
20 CARF to survey and monitor skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care
21 facilities. The Department of Health and Welfare should work with representa-
22 tives of the facilities to develop the specific terms of this proposal and its
23 implementation including: (1) how the deemed status of accrediting survey
24 would be made optional to facilities; (2) how to proceed if a facility did not
25 pass an independent inspection; (3) how the Department would handle complaint
26 investigations; (4) how the state or HCFA can help pay the cost of the sur-
27 veys.
28 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if it is possible for the Department of Health
29 and Welfare to implement such a waiver without amendment to applicable state
30 law, they shall do so. If amendment to statute is required, the Department
31 shall submit such proposed changes to the Second Regular Session of the
32 Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 11043
This resolution would direct the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to apply to the
United States Department of Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) for
"deemed status" for certain nursing facilities in Idaho. This "deemed status" would allow
certain nursing facilities, at their discretion, to undergo independent accrediting surveys,
and if the facilities achieved accreditation by these independent organizations, the
Department of Health and Welfare would not be required to perform routine annual
licensure and certification surveys.
FISCAL IMPACT
This application project should in no way require more than 160 hours to complete. The
average wage of employees in the Bureau of Facility Standards is approximately $19 per
hour. Therefore, this assignment should have a one-time expense of approximately
$3040. The Idaho Health Care Association is happy to assist in any way that they can. If
successful in their request to HCFA, the Department of Health and Welfare could save
tens of thousands of dollars annually by not being required to survey exceptional,
accredited facilities.
CONTACT
Name: Robert Vande Merwe
Agency: Idaho Health Care Association
Phone: 343-9735
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE SCR 10