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Committee hears HB 731 to clarify licensure exemptions for supportive housing for people with developmental disabilities
Summary
Sponsors and advocates said HB 731 would let developers certify individual apartments rather than license entire buildings when units are set aside for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities; DHHS urged careful language and said rulemaking may be needed.
Representative Kathy Staub, co-sponsor, and other witnesses told the House Committee on Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs that HB 731 is intended to remove a regulatory barrier that impedes mixed-use affordable housing projects from reserving units for adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD).
Stakeholders described two common models: (1) a small group-home or home-care providership where an entity hires staff and provides 24/7 supports, and (2) a mixed apartment building in which a nonprofit holds units for residents with IDD while services are delivered by external agencies. Staub and other witnesses said the current statutory interpretation can force an entire building to be licensed as a health…
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