CS/CS/HB 1319 - Assisted Living Facilities

• Assigns responsibility for mental health residents to Medicaid prepaid behavioral health plans for enrolled residents and managing entities for non-enrolled residents, requiring community living support plans upon admission and case manager record-keeping for 2 years.

• Requires assisted living facilities serving mental health residents to obtain a limited mental health license and establishes placement requirements including Department of Children and Families documentation within 72 hours of admission.

• Creates extended congregate care licenses for facilities licensed 2+ years, with provisions for provisional licenses, revised monitoring frequency, and allows agencies to deny or revoke licenses for non-compliance.

• Revises administrative penalties and violations framework, establishing specific fine amounts by violation class ($7,500 for Class I, $3,000 for Class II, $750 for Class III, $150 for Class IV) and criteria for license denial or revocation, including mandatory moratoriums for access denial.

• Requires new employee orientation (2 hours minimum), creates consumer information database of facility violations accessible on agency website by January 1, 2014, proposes rating system for facilities, and appropriates $359,388 for fiscal year 2013-2014.