SENATE BILL No. 745

 

 

January 10, 2018, Introduced by Senators MARLEAU, MACGREGOR, JONES, KNOLLENBERG, NOFS, STAMAS, KOWALL, GREGORY and SCHMIDT and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.

 

 

     A bill to amend 1979 PA 218, entitled

 

"Adult foster care facility licensing act,"

 

by amending section 3 (MCL 400.703), as amended by 2016 PA 525.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 3. (1) "Adult" means:

 

     (a) A person 18 years of age or older.

 

     (b) A person who is placed in an adult foster care family home

 

or an adult foster care small group home according to section 5(6)

 

or (8) of 1973 PA 116, MCL 722.115.

 

     (2) "Adult foster care camp" or "adult camp" means an adult

 

foster care facility with the approved capacity to receive more

 

than 4 adults to be provided foster care. An adult foster care camp

 


is a facility located in a natural or rural environment.

 

     (3) "Adult foster care congregate facility" means an adult

 

foster care facility with the approved capacity to receive more

 

than 20 adults to be provided with foster care.

 

     (4) "Adult foster care facility" means a governmental or

 

nongovernmental establishment that provides foster care to adults.

 

Subject to section 26a(1), adult foster care facility includes

 

facilities and foster care family homes for adults who are aged,

 

mentally ill, developmentally disabled, or physically disabled who

 

require supervision on an ongoing basis but who do not require

 

continuous nursing care. Adult foster care facility does not

 

include any of the following:

 

     (a) A nursing home licensed under article 17 of the public

 

health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20101 to 333.22260.

 

     (b) A home for the aged licensed under article 17 of the

 

public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20101 to 333.22260.

 

     (c) A hospital licensed under article 17 of the public health

 

code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20101 to 333.22260.

 

     (d) A hospital for the mentally ill or a facility for the

 

developmentally disabled operated by the department of health and

 

human services under the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL

 

330.1001 to 330.2106.

 

     (e) A county infirmary operated by a county department of

 

health and human services under section 55 of the social welfare

 

act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.55.

 

     (f) A child caring institution, children's camp, foster family

 

home, or foster family group home licensed or approved under 1973


PA 116, MCL 722.111 to 722.128, if the number of residents who

 

become 18 years of age while residing in the institution, camp, or

 

home does not exceed the following:

 

     (i) Two, if the total number of residents is 10 or fewer.

 

     (ii) Three, if the total number of residents is not less than

 

11 and not more than 14.

 

     (iii) Four, if the total number of residents is not less than

 

15 and not more than 20.

 

     (iv) Five, if the total number of residents is 21 or more.

 

     (g) A foster family home licensed or approved under 1973 PA

 

116, MCL 722.111 to 722.128, that has a person who is 18 years of

 

age or older placed in the foster family home under section 5(7) of

 

1973 PA 116, MCL 722.115.

 

     (h) An establishment commonly described as an alcohol or a

 

substance use disorder rehabilitation center, a residential

 

facility for persons released from or assigned to adult

 

correctional institutions, a maternity home, or a hotel or rooming

 

house that does not provide or offer to provide foster care.

 

     (i) A facility created by 1885 PA 152, MCL 36.1 to 36.12.

 

     (j) An area excluded from the definition of adult foster care

 

facility under section 17(3) of the continuing care community

 

disclosure act, 2014 PA 448, MCL 554.917.

 

     (k) A facility that meets all of the following requirements:

 

     (i) All of the residents in the facility are adults who

 

receive community living supports or personal care, or both, as

 

defined by the Michigan Medicaid provider manual, and a community

 

mental health services program monitors the services provided in


the facility directly or through a subcontractor.

 

     (ii) The number of residents receiving community living

 

supports or personal care, or both, is 6 or less.

 

     (iii) The person or entity that provides room and the person

 

or entity that provides personal care, supervision, or protection

 

are not related.

 

     (iv) The person or entity that provides board and the person

 

or entity that provides room, personal care, supervision, or

 

protection are not related.

 

     (5) "Adult foster care family home" means a private residence

 

with the approved capacity to receive 6 or fewer adults to be

 

provided with foster care for 5 or more days a week and for 2 or

 

more consecutive weeks. The adult foster care family home licensee

 

shall be a member of the household, and an occupant of the

 

residence.

 

     (6) "Adult foster care large group home" means an adult foster

 

care facility with the approved capacity to receive at least 13 but

 

not more than 20 adults to be provided with foster care.

 

     (7) "Adult foster care small group home" means an adult foster

 

care facility with the approved capacity to receive 12 or fewer

 

adults to be provided with foster care.

 

     (8) "Aged" means an adult whose chronological age is 60 years

 

of age or older or whose biological age, as determined by a

 

physician, is 60 years of age or older.

 

     (9) "Assessment plan" means a written statement prepared in

 

cooperation with a responsible agency or person that identifies the

 

specific care and maintenance, services, and resident activities


appropriate for each individual resident's physical and behavioral

 

needs and well-being and the methods of providing the care and

 

services taking into account the preferences and competency of the

 

individual.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.