CS for CS for SB 382 - Assisted Living Facilities

• Medicaid managed care plans and managing entities under contract with the Department of Children and Families are responsible for coordinating services for mental health residents in assisted living facilities with limited mental health licenses, including ensuring community living support plans are completed within 30 days of admission.

• Extended congregate care licenses may be issued to facilities licensed for 2+ years; facilities licensed less than 2 years receive a provisional 6-month license requiring unannounced inspection upon admitting the first extended congregate care resident.

• Nursing monitoring visits for extended congregate care and limited nursing services facilities reduced from quarterly/twice yearly to twice yearly/annually respectively, with agency discretion to waive one yearly visit if facility meets specified criteria for 24+ months.

• Mental health residents definition expanded to include one or more (previously three or more) residents receiving Social Security disability or supplemental security income due to mental disorder, requiring limited mental health license; assisted living facilities must obtain this license for qualifying residents.

• Agencies authorized to deny or revoke extended congregate care licenses, impose $2,500 fines for retaliatory resident terminations without good cause, and conduct comprehensive annual onsite ombudsman assessments with required exit consultations; new consumer information website created displaying facility violations from previous 60 months and other relevant data.