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11 THE SENATE S.B. NO. 3224 THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 STATE OF HAWAII A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to care homes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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4747 SECTION 1. Adult residential care homes are facilities providing twenty-four hour living accommodations for a fee to adults unrelated to the family, who require at least minimal assistance in the activities of daily living, personal care services, protection, and health care services, but do not need the professional health services of an intermediate, skilled nursing, or acute care facility. Adult residential care homes are a key component in Hawaii's long-term care system providing care to impoverished elderly and disabled residents who cannot rely on anyone else to take care of them. This twenty-four hour supervision serves preventative care needs and keeps the residents' health conditions from developing into crises that require acute care, emergency room usage, or hospitalization. Studies by the American Association of Retired Persons show that Hawaii needs to improve efforts to provide lower cost long-term care services to the community under Hawaii's med-QUEST medicaid program rather than the more expensive care in nursing homes. Despite their essential services to the community, adult residential care homes have received no rate increase for medicaid recipients for fifteen years. In 2022, the senate adopted S.R. No. 4, S.D. 1 (2022) which requested the department of human services to study the feasibility of increasing the medicaid reimbursement rates of adult residential care homes. The study suggested higher rates at all levels were appropriate. Equally essential, adult day programs, including adult day care centers and adult day health centers, enable seniors to age in place, socialize, and enjoy planned activities in a group setting, while still receiving needed care and health services. At the same time, adult day programs offer family caregivers respite from caregiving duties while knowing that their loved one is in a safe place. Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to: (1) Increase the medicaid reimbursement rates of adult residential care homes, licensed developmental disabilities domiciliary homes, community care foster family homes, certified adult foster homes, and adult day programs, including adult day care centers and adult day health centers; and (2) Make appropriations to fund expanded-adult residential care homes, community care foster family homes, and adult day programs, including adult day care centers and adult day health centers, to improve efforts of providing lower cost long-term and day care services statewide. SECTION 2. Section 346-53, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows: "(c) The director, pursuant to chapter 91, shall determine the rate of payment for domiciliary care, including care provided in licensed developmental disabilities domiciliary homes, community care foster family homes, and certified adult foster homes, to be provided to recipients who are eligible for federal [supplementary] supplemental security income or public assistance, or both. The director shall provide for level of care payment as follows: (1) Beginning on July 1, [2008,] 2024, for adult residential care homes classified as facility type I, licensed developmental disabilities domiciliary homes as defined under section 321-15.9, community care foster family homes as defined under section 321-481, and certified adult foster homes as defined under section 321-11.2, the state supplemental payment shall not exceed [$651.90;] $767; [and] (2) Beginning on July 1, [2008,] 2024, for adult residential care homes classified as facility type II, the state supplemental payment shall not exceed [$759.90.] $857; and (3) Beginning on July 1, 2024, for adult day programs, the state supplemental payment shall not exceed $63.06 per diem for adult day care centers and $87.21 per diem for adult day health centers. If the operator does not provide the quality of care consistent with the needs of the individual to the satisfaction of the department, the department may remove the recipient to another facility. The department shall handle abusive practices under this section in accordance with chapter 91. Nothing in this subsection shall allow the director to remove a recipient from an adult residential care home or other similar institution if the recipient does not desire to be removed and the operator is agreeable to the recipient remaining, except where the recipient requires a higher level of care than provided or where the recipient no longer requires any domiciliary care." SECTION 3. In accordance with section 9 of article VII of the Hawaii State Constitution and sections 37-91 and 37-93, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the legislature has determined that the appropriations contained in Act 164, Regular Session of 2023, and this Act will cause the state general fund expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2024-2025 to be exceeded by $ or per cent. This current declaration takes into account general fund appropriations authorized for fiscal year 2024-2025 in Act 164, Regular Session of 2023, and this Act only. The reasons for exceeding the general fund expenditure ceiling are that: (1) The appropriation made in this Act is necessary to serve the public interest; and (2) The appropriation made in this Act meets the needs addressed by this Act. SECTION 4. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $5,590,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2024-2025 for the funding of expanded adult residential care homes and community care foster family homes. The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of human services for the purposes of this Act. SECTION 5. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $170,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2024-2025 for the funding of adult day programs, including adult day care centers and adult care health centers. The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of human services for the purposes of this Act. SECTION 6. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored. SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2024. INTRODUCED BY: _____________________________
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4949 SECTION 1. Adult residential care homes are facilities providing twenty-four hour living accommodations for a fee to adults unrelated to the family, who require at least minimal assistance in the activities of daily living, personal care services, protection, and health care services, but do not need the professional health services of an intermediate, skilled nursing, or acute care facility. Adult residential care homes are a key component in Hawaii's long-term care system providing care to impoverished elderly and disabled residents who cannot rely on anyone else to take care of them. This twenty-four hour supervision serves preventative care needs and keeps the residents' health conditions from developing into crises that require acute care, emergency room usage, or hospitalization.
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5353 Despite their essential services to the community, adult residential care homes have received no rate increase for medicaid recipients for fifteen years. In 2022, the senate adopted S.R. No. 4, S.D. 1 (2022) which requested the department of human services to study the feasibility of increasing the medicaid reimbursement rates of adult residential care homes. The study suggested higher rates at all levels were appropriate.
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6565 SECTION 2. Section 346-53, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
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6969 (1) Beginning on July 1, [2008,] 2024, for adult residential care homes classified as facility type I, licensed developmental disabilities domiciliary homes as defined under section 321-15.9, community care foster family homes as defined under section 321-481, and certified adult foster homes as defined under section 321-11.2, the state supplemental payment shall not exceed [$651.90;] $767; [and]
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8181 SECTION 3. In accordance with section 9 of article VII of the Hawaii State Constitution and sections 37-91 and 37-93, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the legislature has determined that the appropriations contained in Act 164, Regular Session of 2023, and this Act will cause the state general fund expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2024-2025 to be exceeded by $ or per cent. This current declaration takes into account general fund appropriations authorized for fiscal year 2024-2025 in Act 164, Regular Session of 2023, and this Act only. The reasons for exceeding the general fund expenditure ceiling are that:
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8787 SECTION 4. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $5,590,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2024-2025 for the funding of expanded adult residential care homes and community care foster family homes.
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9191 SECTION 5. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $170,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2024-2025 for the funding of adult day programs, including adult day care centers and adult care health centers.
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115115 Report Title: Adult Residential Care Homes; Department of Human Services; Medicaid; Med-QUEST; State Supplemental Payments; Adult Foster Homes; Adult Day Programs; Adult Day Care Centers; Adult Day Health Centers; Expenditure Ceiling; Appropriations Description: Beginning on 7/1/2024, requires that the state supplemental payment for type 1 adult residential care homes, licensed developmental disabilities domiciliary homes, community care foster family homes, and certified adult foster homes not exceed $767. Beginning on 7/1/2024, requires the state supplemental payment for type II adult residential care homes not exceed $875. Beginning on 7/1/2024, requires that the state supplemental payment for adult day care centers and adult day health centers not exceed $63.06 and $87.21 per diem, respectively. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes appropriations. The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
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