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Committee hears from rural adult foster‑care providers seeking more time off and clarification of requirements in HB 14‑60
Summary
Adult foster‑care providers and a co‑sponsoring lawmaker asked the committee to modify time‑off rules and study adult foster‑care rules; provider Jessica Nelson described 24‑hour care, limited staffing and reimbursement differences between private pay and state‑funded residents.
Senator Paul Thomas and Representative Jessica Anderson presented House Bill 14‑60 to the House Human Services Committee, saying the bill would change substitute caregiver and respite‑care provider requirements for adult foster homes and create a legislative management study to review adult foster‑care rules.
Jessica Nelson, an adult foster‑home operator who specializes in dementia care, testified in support and described the workload and operational challenges for privately paid providers in rural areas. "This job...is a 24 hour job," Nelson said, and described a current statutory limit of 96 days off per year where "anything…
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