SB 5687-S - DIGEST

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Changes the number of residents allowed to reside in an adult family home from six to eight adults.

Requires all adult family homes licensed for more than six clients to install smoke detectors. Smoke detectors must be installed in each sleeping room and installed at a central point in a corridor or area which gives access to each separate sleeping room. All smoke detectors located inside adult family homes shall be interconnected so as to sound an alarm from all smoke detectors located in the home when any one detector is activated.

Provides that adult family homes licensed for more than six clients shall have their interconnected smoke detectors monitored by a central monitoring company and the adult family home provider shall maintain the central monitoring service so long as the home is licensed as an adult family home.