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1	1	Session of 2023
2	2	SENATE BILL No. 191
3	3	By Committee on Judiciary
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5	5	AN ACT concerning the adult care home licensure act; relating to
6	6	involuntary transfer or discharge of residents from an adult residential
7	7	care facility; creating a right to appeal an involuntary transfer or
8	8	discharge; requiring the secretary for aging and disability services to
9	9	review notices and preside over appeals.
10	10	Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
11	11	Section 1. (a) The administrator or operator of each adult residential
12	12	care facility shall ensure that a resident is not involuntarily transferred or
13	13	discharged from the adult residential care facility unless one or more of the
14	14	following conditions are met:
15	15	(1) The transfer or discharge is necessary for the resident's welfare
16	16	and the resident's needs cannot be met by the current adult residential care
17	17	facility;
18	18	(2) the health or safety of other individuals in the adult residential
19	19	care facility is endangered;
20	20	(3) the resident has failed, after reasonable and appropriate notice, to
21	21	pay the rates and charges imposed by the adult residential care facility; or
22	22	(4) the adult residential care facility ceases to operate.
23	23	(b) Before a resident may be transferred or discharged involuntarily,
24	24	the administrator or operator, or designee, shall:
25	25	(1) Notify the resident, and, if known, a representative or designated
26	26	family member, of the transfer or discharge and the reason for the transfer
27	27	or discharge;
28	28	(2) if the reason for transfer or discharge is specified in subsection (a)
29	29	(1) through (a)(3), record and substantiate in the resident's clinical record
30	30	as follows:
31	31	(A) The resident's physician shall document the rationale for transfer
32	32	or discharge in the resident's clinical record if the transfer or discharge is
33	33	necessary for the resident's welfare and the resident's needs cannot be met
34	34	by the adult residential care facility;
35	35	(B) the resident's physician shall document the rationale for transfer
36	36	or discharge in the resident's clinical record if the transfer or discharge is
37	37	appropriate because the resident's health has improved sufficiently so that
38	38	the resident no longer needs the services provided by the adult residential
39	39	care facility; or
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76	76	(C) a physician shall document the rationale for transfer or discharge
77	77	in the resident's clinical record if the transfer or discharge is necessary
78	78	because the health or safety of other individuals in the adult residential
79	79	care facility is endangered; and
80	80	(3) provide a written transfer or discharge notice that shall include the
81	81	following:
82	82	(A) The reason for the transfer or discharge;
83	83	(B) the effective date of the transfer or discharge;
84	84	(C) the contact information for the state long-term care ombudsman;
85	85	(D) the resident's right to appeal an involuntary transfer or discharge
86	86	established under this section and information as designated by the
87	87	secretary to assist the resident in exercising such right;
88	88	(E) for a resident with an intellectual or developmental disability,
89	89	dementia or another cognitive-limiting condition, the contact information
90	90	for the agency responsible for the protection and advocacy of individuals
91	91	with such conditions; and
92	92	(F) for a resident with a mental disorder or related disability, the
93	93	contact information for the agency responsible for protection and advocacy
94	94	of individuals with a mental disorder or related disability.
95	95	(c) The administrator or operator, or designee, shall provide the
96	96	notice of transfer or discharge required by subsection (b) to the resident, or
97	97	the resident's representative, at least 30 days in advance of the resident's
98	98	transfer or discharge, unless:
99	99	(1) The safety of other individuals in the adult residential care facility
100	100	would be endangered; or
101	101	(2) the resident's urgent medical needs require an immediate transfer
102	102	to another healthcare facility.
103	103	(d) The administrator or operator, or designee, shall provide sufficient
104	104	preparation and orientation to each resident before a resident's discharge,
105	105	including development of a discharge plan, with involvement of the
106	106	resident, the resident's representative and designated family and subject to
107	107	approval of the resident's physician, if practicable.
108	108	(e) (1) If a resident of an adult residential care facility receives notice
109	109	of a pending involuntary transfer or discharge in violation of this section,
110	110	such resident, or such resident's representative, may appeal the adult
111	111	residential care facility's determination to involuntarily transfer or
112	112	discharge the resident to the secretary for aging and disability services by
113	113	filing a notice of appeal in the office of administrative hearings within 15
114	114	days after the date of such notice. A presiding officer from the office of
115	115	administrative hearings shall hold a hearing, in accordance with the
116	116	provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act, within 30 days after
117	117	the receipt of the notice of appeal.
118	118	(2) If a resident files an appeal pursuant to this section, the resident
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162	162	shall remain or be permitted to return and resume residence in the adult
163	163	residential care facility while the appeal is pending.
164	164	(f) As used in sections 1 through 10, and amendments thereto, "adult
165	165	residential care facility" means an assisted living facility, a residential
166	166	healthcare facility, home plus or a boarding care home as such terms are
167	167	defined in K.S.A. 39-923, and amendments thereto.
168	168	Sec. 2. (a) The secretary for aging and disability services shall make
169	169	available to all adult residential care facilities a 30-day involuntary transfer
170	170	or discharge notice form that shall include, but not be limited to, the
171	171	information in subsection (c).
172	172	(b) The administrator or operator of an adult residential care facility,
173	173	or designee, shall not be required to use the 30-day involuntary transfer or
174	174	discharge notice form prescribed by the secretary, but any form used by
175	175	the facility shall include, but not be limited to, the information in
176	176	subsection (c).
177	177	(c) A 30-day involuntary transfer or discharge notice shall be written
178	178	and include, but not be limited to:
179	179	(1) The reason for the transfer or discharge;
180	180	(2) facts and evidence supporting each reason for the transfer or
181	181	discharge, actions taken to avoid the transfer or discharge and the timing
182	182	of those actions;
183	183	(3) the name and contact information of the facility issuing the notice;
184	184	(4) the name and contact information of the person employed by the
185	185	facility with whom the resident or resident's representative may discuss the
186	186	notice;
187	187	(5) the issue date of the notice;
188	188	(6) the effective date of the transfer or discharge;
189	189	(7) the location where the resident will be transferred or discharged, if
190	190	known;
191	191	(8) a statement that the resident or resident's representative has the
192	192	right to appeal the involuntary transfer or discharge within 15 days after
193	193	the issue date contained in the notice;
194	194	(9) the procedure for the resident or resident's representative to file
195	195	the notice of appeal;
196	196	(10) a copy of the 30-day involuntary transfer or discharge notice of
197	197	appeal form;
198	198	(11) a list of the names and contact information of each recipient of
199	199	the notice and how the notice is being given to each recipient;
200	200	(12) the contact information for the state long-term care ombudsman;
201	201	(13) a section where the recipient of the notice signs the form to
202	202	acknowledge receipt of the form if receiving the form in person;
203	203	(14) for a resident with an intellectual or developmental disability,
204	204	dementia or another cognitive-limiting condition, the contact information
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248	248	for the agency responsible for the protection and advocacy of individuals
249	249	with such conditions; and
250	250	(15) for a resident with a mental disorder or related disability, the
251	251	contact information for the agency responsible for protection and advocacy
252	252	of individuals with a mental disorder or related disability.
253	253	(d) The form required by subsection (c) shall include a 30-day
254	254	involuntary transfer or discharge notice of appeal form that shall include,
255	255	but not be limited to, the information in subsection (e). Such form shall be
256	256	provided to all adult residential care facilities.
257	257	(e) The administrator or operator of an adult residential care facility
258	258	shall not be required to use the 30-day involuntary transfer or discharge
259	259	notice of appeal form prescribed by the secretary, but any form used by the
260	260	facility shall include, but not be limited to:
261	261	(1) The name and contact information of the resident;
262	262	(2) the name and contact information of the person appealing the 30-
263	263	day involuntary transfer or discharge notice and the person's relationship
264	264	to the resident;
265	265	(3) the name of the facility issuing the 30-day involuntary transfer or
266	266	discharge notice;
267	267	(4) the date the 30-day involuntary transfer or discharge notice was
268	268	issued;
269	269	(5) the date of the transfer or discharge listed on the 30-day
270	270	involuntary transfer or discharge notice; and
271	271	(6) whether the person appealing the 30-day involuntary transfer or
272	272	discharge notice requests the secretary to facilitate an informal conference
273	273	before the administrative hearing.
274	274	Sec. 3. Before issuing a 30-day involuntary transfer or discharge
275	275	notice in accordance with section 1, and amendments thereto, the
276	276	administrator or operator of an adult residential care facility, or designee,
277	277	shall:
278	278	(a) Notify the resident and the resident's representative in writing of
279	279	the transfer or discharge and the reason;
280	280	(b) hold a meeting with the resident and the resident's representative
281	281	regarding the reason for the involuntary transfer or discharge and attempt
282	282	to resolve the reason for the involuntary transfer or discharge;
283	283	(c) notify the resident and the resident's representative in writing that
284	284	the resident or the resident's representative may invite family members,
285	285	relevant health professionals, the state long-term care ombudsman, or
286	286	other persons of the resident's or the resident's representative's choosing to
287	287	participate in such meeting with the resident and the resident's
288	288	representative; and
289	289	(d) record the reason for the transfer or discharge under any of the
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334	334	thereto, in the resident's clinical record and shall be substantiated as
335	335	follows:
336	336	(1) The resident's physician shall document the reason for transfer or
337	337	discharge in the resident's clinical record if the transfer or discharge is
338	338	necessary for the resident's welfare and the resident's needs cannot be met
339	339	by the adult residential care facility; or
340	340	(2) a physician shall document the reason for transfer or discharge in
341	341	the resident's clinical record if the transfer or discharge is necessary
342	342	because the health or safety of other individuals in the adult residential
343	343	care facility is endangered.
344	344	Sec. 4. (a) The administrator or operator of an adult residential care
345	345	facility, or designee, shall deliver the notice to the resident in person and
346	346	place a copy in the resident's record. On the same day, the administrator or
347	347	operator, or designee, shall send the notice to:
348	348	(1) The resident's representative in person, by return receipt delivery,
349	349	or by email, read receipt requested; and
350	350	(2) the state long-term care ombudsman in person or by email.
351	351	(b) The administrator or operator, or designee, shall document
352	352	acknowledgment of receipt of the 30-day involuntary transfer or discharge
353	353	notice by all required recipients by obtaining and maintaining:
354	354	(1) The recipient's signature on the 30-day involuntary transfer or
355	355	discharge notice form;
356	356	(2) the return receipt affirming delivery of the notice; or
357	357	(3) an electronic read receipt from the recipient's email.
358	358	(c) If the recipient refuses receipt of the notice, the administrator or
359	359	operator, or designee, shall give the document to the recipient through a
360	360	different method of delivery. The administrator or operator, or designee,
361	361	shall document the refusal. After attempting delivery by two different
362	362	methods, if the recipient refuses delivery through both methods, the notice
363	363	is deemed to be received by the recipient.
364	364	Sec. 5. (a) Except when a facility had its license revoked or not
365	365	renewed by the secretary for aging and disability services or voluntarily
366	366	surrendered a license, a resident who receives a 30-day involuntary
367	367	transfer or discharge notice shall be entitled to an administrative hearing if
368	368	the resident or the resident's representative requests an administrative
369	369	hearing in a timely manner.
370	370	(b) A resident who receives a 30-day involuntary transfer or discharge
371	371	notice, the resident's representative or the state long-term care
372	372	ombudsman, if requested and on behalf of the resident or the resident's
373	373	representative, may appeal such transfer or discharge by filing a notice of
374	374	appeal with the office of administrative hearings within 15 calendar days
375	375	after the issue date printed on the notice. The secretary may extend the
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421	421	(c) If the resident is incapacitated and does not have a representative,
422	422	the state long-term care ombudsman may file a notice of appeal on behalf
423	423	of the resident.
424	424	(d) If the resident or the resident's representative files the notice of
425	425	appeal form to the office of administrative hearings, on the same day the
426	426	resident files the notice of appeal to the office of administrative hearings,
427	427	the resident shall give a copy of the completed notice of appeal to the
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429	429	ombudsman.
430	430	(e) If the state long-term care ombudsman completes or files the
431	431	notice of appeal form at the request of the resident or the resident's
432	432	representative, at the same time the state long-term care ombudsman files
433	433	the notice of appeal to the office of administrative hearings, the state long-
434	434	term care ombudsman shall give a copy of the completed notice of appeal
435	435	to the resident, and the administrator or operator, or designee, and with
436	436	resident's consent, to the resident's representative.
437	437	(f) Within 15 calendar days after the receipt of the notice of appeal,
438	438	the office of administrative hearings shall hold a hearing in accordance
439	439	with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act.
440	440	(g) The office of administrative hearings shall issue a written decision
441	441	within 10 business days after the completion of the administrative hearing.
442	442	(h) The resident who has received a 30-day involuntary transfer or
443	443	discharge notice shall be allowed to continue to reside in the facility until
444	444	the hearing process is completed. The resident shall be responsible to pay
445	445	for any services provided by the facility to the resident until the hearing
446	446	process is completed.
447	447	Sec. 6. (a) After a notice of appeal has been filed but before the
448	448	administrative hearing, the following people may request the secretary to
449	449	facilitate an informal conference to discuss the transfer or discharge:
450	450	(1) The resident;
451	451	(2) the resident's representative;
452	452	(3) the administrator or operator of an adult residential care facility,
453	453	or designee; or
454	454	(4) the state long-term care ombudsman, if requested by the resident
455	455	or resident's representative and when applicable.
456	456	(b) The secretary shall accept a request for an informal conference
457	457	that is submitted by any means.
458	458	(c) If an informal conference is requested, the conference shall be
459	459	scheduled within five business days of the secretary receiving the request
460	460	for the informal conference.
461	461	(d) (1) The informal conference shall include:
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507	507	(C) the administrator or operator, or designee.
508	508	(2) The informal conference may include:
509	509	(A) Healthcare professionals; and
510	510	(B) the state long-term care ombudsman.
511	511	(e) The party filing the appeal shall provide notice to the office of
512	512	administrative hearings that such party is satisfied with the outcome of the
513	513	informal conference. Upon receipt of such notice, the office shall cancel
514	514	the administrative hearing.
515	515	(f) The scheduling or holding of an informal conference shall not
516	516	extend the number of days after the receipt of the notice of appeal in which
517	517	the office of administrative hearings shall hold a hearing.
518	518	Sec. 7. (a) In the case of an emergency transfer or discharge, the
519	519	administrator or operator of an adult residential care facility, or designee,
520	520	shall provide a notice of emergency involuntary transfer or discharge to
521	521	the resident, or the resident's representative, prior to or within 48 hours
522	522	following the transfer or discharge. A copy of the notice shall be provided
523	523	to the secretary and the state long-term care ombudsman.
524	524	(b) If the resident has already been transferred or discharged on an
525	525	emergency basis, the administrator or operator, or designee, shall hold a
526	526	space available for the resident pending receipt of an administrative
527	527	decision. If the resident appeals the transfer or discharge, the resident shall
528	528	be responsible to pay for the space held by the administrator or operator, or
529	529	designee, pursuant to this subsection.
530	530	(c) The secretary for aging and disability services shall adopt rules
531	531	and regulations to define an emergency or set criteria that the secretary
532	532	shall use to determine such emergency has occurred. Prior to adopting
533	533	rules and regulations pursuant to subsection (c), the secretary shall
534	534	determine whether an emergency occurred by considering the health,
535	535	safety and welfare of the resident being discharged or transferred, other
536	536	residents and facility staff.
537	537	(d) If the secretary has determined such discharge or transfer is an
538	538	emergency pursuant to subsection (c) or (d), sections 8 through 10, and
539	539	amendments thereto, shall apply. If the secretary has determined such
540	540	discharge or transfer is not an emergency, then sections 1 through 8, and
541	541	amendments thereto, shall apply.
542	542	Sec. 8. (a) The secretary for aging and disability services shall make
543	543	available to all adult residential care facilities an emergency involuntary
544	544	transfer or discharge notice form that shall include, but not be limited to,
545	545	the information in subsection (c).
546	546	(b) The administrator or operator of an adult residential care facility,
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592	592	used by the facility shall include, but not be limited to, the information in
593	593	subsection (c).
594	594	(c) An emergency involuntary transfer or discharge notice shall be
595	595	written and include, but not be limited to:
596	596	(1) A statement that the resident or resident's representative has the
597	597	right to appeal the emergency involuntary transfer or discharge within
598	598	seven calendar days after the receipt of the notice;
599	599	(2) the procedure for the resident or the resident's representative to
600	600	file the notice of appeal; and
601	601	(3) a copy of the adult residential care facility emergency involuntary
602	602	transfer or discharge notice of appeal form.
603	603	(d) The form required by subsection (a) shall include an emergency
604	604	involuntary transfer or discharge notice of appeal form that shall include,
605	605	but not be limited to, the information in subsection (e). Such form shall be
606	606	provided to all adult residential care facilities.
607	607	(e) The emergency involuntary transfer or discharge notice of appeal
608	608	form shall include, but not be limited to:
609	609	(1) The name and contact information of the resident;
610	610	(2) the name and contact information of the person appealing the
611	611	emergency involuntary transfer or discharge notice and the person's
612	612	relationship to the resident;
613	613	(3) the name of the facility issuing the emergency involuntary transfer
614	614	or discharge notice;
615	615	(4) the date the emergency involuntary transfer or discharge notice
616	616	was issued; and
617	617	(5) the date of transfer or discharge listed on the emergency
618	618	involuntary transfer or discharge notice.
619	619	Sec. 9. (a) Before the administrator or operator of an adult residential
620	620	care facility, or designee, issues an emergency involuntary transfer or
621	621	discharge notice to the resident, the administrator or operator, or designee,
622	622	shall first submit the written notice to the secretary for review and receive
623	623	a written response from the secretary stating whether the notice and other
624	624	documentation submitted by the administrator or operator, or designee,
625	625	complies with the requirements contained in this section.
626	626	(b) The administrator or operator, or designee, shall provide to the
627	627	secretary a copy of the proposed emergency involuntary transfer or
628	628	discharge notice that complies with the requirements listed in section 10,
629	629	and amendments thereto.
630	630	(c) Within two business days after receiving such copy of the
631	631	proposed emergency involuntary transfer or discharge notice, the secretary
632	632	shall provide written notice to the administrator or operator, or designee,
633	633	with a determination of whether the proposed transfer or discharge notice
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678	678	thereto. If the secretary determines the requirements are not met, the
679	679	administrator or operator, or designee, shall not issue the emergency
680	680	transfer or discharge notice.
681	681	(d) If conditions exist that would immediately endanger the resident,
682	682	other residents or staff that cannot be mitigated by the facility, then the
683	683	resident may be removed prior to the review required by this section.
684	684	(e) Nothing in this section shall prohibit an administrator or operator,
685	685	or designee, from submitting or resubmitting an emergency or 30-day
686	686	involuntary transfer or discharge notice.
687	687	(f) The administrator or operator, or designee, may issue the notice if
688	688	the secretary determines the provisions of this section are met.
689	689	Sec. 10. (a) A resident who receives an emergency involuntary
690	690	transfer or discharge notice shall be entitled to an administrative hearing if
691	691	the resident or resident's representative requests an administrative hearing
692	692	in a timely manner.
693	693	(b) The filing of a notice of appeal or appeal process shall not delay
694	694	or change the date of the emergency involuntary transfer or discharge.
695	695	(c) A resident who receives an emergency involuntary transfer or
696	696	discharge notice, the resident's representative or the state long-term care
697	697	ombudsman, if requested and on behalf of the resident or the resident's
698	698	representative, may appeal such transfer or discharge by filing a notice of
699	699	appeal with the office of administrative hearings within seven calendar
700	700	days after receiving the written notice. The secretary may accept a notice
701	701	of appeal after seven calendar days if the secretary determines that good
702	702	cause exists for failure to make a timely request.
703	703	(d) If the resident is incapacitated and does not have a representative,
704	704	the state long-term care ombudsman may file a notice of appeal on behalf
705	705	of the resident.
706	706	(e) If the resident or the resident's representative files the notice of
707	707	appeal form to the office of administrative hearings, on the same day the
708	708	resident files the notice of appeal to the office of administrative hearings,
709	709	the resident shall give a copy of the completed notice of appeal to the
710	710	administrator or operator of an adult residential care facility, or designee,
711	711	and the state long-term care ombudsman.
712	712	(f) If the state long-term care ombudsman completes or files a notice
713	713	of appeal form at the request of the resident or the resident's representative,
714	714	on the same day the state long-term care ombudsman files the notice of
715	715	appeal to the office of administrative hearings, the state long-term care
716	716	ombudsman shall give a copy of the completed notice of appeal to the
717	717	resident, the administrator or operator, or designee, and with the resident's
718	718	consent, to the resident's representative.
719	719	(g) Within 14 calendar days after the receipt of the notice of appeal,
720	720	the office of administrative hearings shall hold a hearing in accordance
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765	765	(h) The office of administrative hearings shall issue a written decision
766	766	within five business days after the completion of the administrative
767	767	hearing.
768	768	Sec. 11. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
769	769	publication in the statute book.
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