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H0641.................................................by HEALTH AND WELFARE
RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES - Amends existing law relating to residential
care facilities regulated by the Board of Health and Welfare to provide an
additional exemption from the requirements for licensure for facilities
with four or fewer residents who pay for care from their own funds.
02/13 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/14 Rpt prt - to Health/Wel
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2002
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 641
BY HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO CARE FACILITIES REGULATED BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE;
3 AMENDING SECTION 39-3351, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL EXEMPTION
4 FROM THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE; AND AMENDING SECTION 39-3551, IDAHO
5 CODE, TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL EXEMPTION FROM THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LICEN-
6 SURE.
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
8 SECTION 1. That Section 39-3351, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
9 amended to read as follows:
10 39-3351. EXEMPTIONS. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to any
11 of the following:
12 (1) Any health facility as defined by chapter 13, title 39, Idaho Code.
13 (2) Any house, institution, hotel, congregate housing project for the
14 elderly, retirement home or other similar place that is limited to providing
15 one (1) or more of the following: housing, meals, transportation, housekeep-
16 ing, or recreational and social activities; or that have residents accessing
17 supportive services from an entity approved to provide such services in Idaho
18 and holding no legal ownership interest in the entity operating the facility.
19 (3) Any arrangement for the receiving and care of persons by a relative.
20 (4) A private home with four (4) or fewer residents where the residents
21 make payment to the owner of the home from their personal funds.
22 (5) Any similar facility determined by the director.
23 SECTION 2. That Section 39-3551, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
24 amended to read as follows:
25 39-3551. EXEMPTIONS. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to any
26 of the following:
27 (1) Any health facility as defined by chapter 13, title 39, Idaho Code.
28 (2) Any house, institution, hotel, congregate housing project for the
29 elderly, retirement home or other similar place that is limited to providing
30 one (1) or more of the following: housing, meals, transportation, housekeep-
31 ing, or recreational and social activities; or that have residents accessing
32 supportive services from an entity approved to provide such services in Idaho
33 and holding no legal ownership interest in the entity operating the facility.
34 (3) Any arrangement for the receiving and care of persons by a relative.
35 (4) A private home with four (4) or fewer residents where the residents
36 make payment to the owner of the home from their personal funds.
37 (5) Any similar facility determined by the director.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 12042
To exempt from regulation of the bureau of facility
standards those certified family homes where only private-pay
clients reside.
FISCAL IMPACT
There will be some savings as the bureau of facility standards
is required to supervise and inspect fewer facilities.
Contact
Name: John Ball
Phone: 442-7779
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 641