HB 1701-S2 - DIGEST
(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 2ND SUBSTITUTE)

Enacts the recommendations included in the adult family home quality assurance panel report in order to improve the quality of care of vulnerable residents and the department of social and health services' oversight of adult family homes.

Requires specialty training for providers, resident managers, and caregivers who work in adult family homes that serve residents with special needs such as dementia, developmental disabilities, or mental illness.

Requires adult family homes to disclose the scope of, and charges for, the care, services, and activities provided by the home or customarily arranged for by the home.

Requires the department of social and health services: (1) When it has imposed a stop placement, to also impose a condition on license or other remedy to facilitate or spur prompter compliance, under certain circumstances; and

(2) If an adult family home corrects a violation or deficiency that the department discovers, to record and consider such violation or deficiency for purposes of the home's compliance history.