SF0085 Adult foster care pilot project. | Wyoming Bill

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Summary for LSO115
Bill No.:
SF0085
Effective
:
7/1/2015

LSO No.:
15LSO-0460

Enrolled Act No.:
SEA 80

Chapter No.:
176

Prime Sponsor:
Scott

Catch Title:
Adult foster care pilot project.

Subject:
Amends pilot project criteria

Summary/Major Elements:

Current law provides for an adult foster care pilot project under the Department of Health.

This act amends eligibility
criteria for pilot project participants
by deleting requirements regarding emergency evacuation and
availability of
private rooms.
The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

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ORIGINAL
Senate
File No
.
SF0085

ENROLLED ACT NO. 80,

SENATE

SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2015 General Session

AN ACT relating to the Long Term Care Choices Act; amending criteria for licensing of adult foster care pilot projects; conforming definitions; amending criteria for the adult foster care pilot program; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
.

W.S. 35
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2
‑
901
(
a)
(xxiv)
,
42
‑
6
‑
102(a)(ii)
and
42
‑
6
‑
105(a)(vi), (c) and (d) are amended to read:

35
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2
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901
.

Definitions; applicability of provisions.

(a)

As used in this act:

(xxiv)

"Adult foster care home" means a home where care is provided for up to five (5) adults who are not related to the provider by blood, marriage or adoption, except in special circumstances, in need of long term care in a home like atmosphere.
Clients in the home shall have private rooms which may be shared with spouses and shall have individual handicapped accessible bathrooms.

"Adult foster
care
home" does not include any residential facility otherwise licensed or funded by the state of Wyoming. The homes shall be regulated in accordance with this act and with the Wyoming Long Term Care Choices Act, which shall govern in case of conflict with this act;

42
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6
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102
.

Definitions.

(a)

As used in this act:

(ii)

"Adult foster
care
home" means any family home or facility in which residential care is provided in a homelike environment for five (5) or fewer adults who are
not related to the provider by blood, marriage or adoption
, except in special circumstances
. "Adult foster
care
home" does not include any residential facility otherwise licensed or funded by the state of Wyoming. The homes shall be regulated in accordance with W.S. 35
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2
‑
901 through 35
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2
‑
912 and this act which shall govern in case of conflict;

42
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6
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105
.

Adult foster care homes; licensure; suspension or revocation.

(a)

The department may initiate and license an adult foster care pilot project subject to the following:

(vi)

The
pilot program shall consist of no more than
five (5)
ten (10)
adult
care
foster homes. At least three (3) of the homes shall be in counties with a population of thirty thousand (30,000) or less.

(c)

If, in the professional judgment of the state health officer, there is a clear and present threat to the health or safety of a resident client, the state health officer may close an adult
care
foster home and transfer the residents to another place. The department shall also initiate proceedings pursuant to subsection (b) of this section within three (3) working days.

(d)

The department shall complete a criminal records check on any individual employed by adult foster
care
homes and on any individual, other than a resident client or a resident client's spouse, who at the time of licensure is expected to live in the adult foster
care
home or who, after licensure, lives or comes to live in the adult foster
care
home. The department may refuse to license a facility or prohibit the individual from living in the facility if
he has been convicted of a felony indicating he may abuse a resident or steal from a resident.

Section 2
.

W.S. 42
‑
6
‑
105(
a)(iv) and (v) is repealed.

Section
3
.

This
act is effective July 1,
2015
.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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