HB 119 Summary

• Establishes adult foster care home licensing to allow foster parents to continue caring for youth after they turn 18 and are released from state custody if they are eligible for home and community-based waiver services.

• Department of Health and Social Services shall pay for adult foster care services at a daily rate set by regulation if the individual is eligible for medical assistance and has an approved support plan.

• Licensed foster care providers may transition to an adult foster care home license, with the department streamlining paperwork and allowing building code variances if the home design is consistent with community standards and provides a safe environment.

• Defines adult foster care home as a residence where an adult provides 24-hour care to not more than two adults for compensation, unless the provider receives a variance to serve more individuals.

• Department shall adopt regulations setting daily rates, long-term care standards, operating standards for adult foster care homes, and transition procedures from foster care to adult foster care licensing.