TITLE 56

PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE

CHAPTER 19 [21]

CRISIS RESPONSE FOR PERSONS WITH A NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDER

56-1906 [56-2106].  DUTY TO REPORT INSTANCES OF EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE PLACEMENT. (1) Hospitals shall report all placements in which persons are placed in emergency protective placement pursuant to section 56-1904 [56-2104] or 56-1905 [56-2105], Idaho Code, or an involuntary hold pursuant to section 66-326 or 66-329, Idaho Code, but determined by a health care provider to likely have a neurocognitive disorder and not mental illness to the department every quarter. Reports shall be due to the department on the last day of the month immediately following the end of the quarter, with the first report due April 30, 2025.

(2)  Any and all patient information submitted as a part of a report required under this section shall be protected and de-identified according to state and federal privacy laws.

(3)  The hospital shall report:

(a)  The number of emergency protective placements that were placed at a hospital by a health care provider;

(b)  The number of emergency protective placements that were placed at a hospital by a peace officer;

(c)  The number of emergency protective placements that were made for persons determined to have an underlying medical reason for placement in the hospital who also had a neurocognitive disorder;

(d)  The number of emergency protective placements that were made for persons who did not have a neurocognitive disorder;

(e)  For emergency protective placements made for persons who did not have a medical reason for placement in the hospital other than a neurocognitive disorder, how many had a length of stay after the emergency protective placement ended at the hospital that was:

(i)   Between zero (0) and five (5) days;

(ii)  Between six (6) and ten (10) days;

(iii) Between eleven (11) and thirty (30) days;

(iv)  Between thirty-one (31) and sixty (60) days;

(v)   Between sixty-one (61) and ninety (90) days; and

(vi)  More than ninety (90) days; and

(f)  For emergency protective placements made for persons who had a medical reason for placement in the hospital other than a neurocognitive disorder, how many had a length of stay after the emergency protective placement ended at the hospital that was:

(i)   Between zero (0) and five (5) days;

(ii)  Between six (6) and ten (10) days;

(iii) Between eleven (11) and thirty (30) days;

(iv)  Between thirty-one (31) and sixty (60) days;

(v)   Between sixty-one (61) and ninety (90) days; and

(vi)  More than ninety (90) days.

(4)  The department shall include a summary of all reports made pursuant to subsection (1) of this section in the annual report on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias as required in section 39-2701, Idaho Code.

History:

[56-1906 [56-2106], added 2024, ch. 264, sec. 1, p. 922.]