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DDS outlines four bills including registry fixes and limited delegation for diabetic care
Summary
Commissioner Jordan Sheff described four initial DDS legislative proposals: delegated diabetic care using injectable pens in group homes, a registry fix to include community companion homes, rebranding behavioral supports into a children’s division, and probate access/limited financial guardianship provisions.
At the Jan. 16 meeting, Jordan Sheff walked council members through four initial legislative proposals the Department of Developmental Services plans to advance this session.
Sheff said the first proposal would allow delegation of certain diabetic-care tasks in community group homes—specifically, the use of injectable insulin pens that can be dialed to a dose and do not require needle drawing—so direct-care staff can safely support people with diabetes in group-home settings.
The second proposal targets a statutory loophole in the abuse registry: community companion homes (CCHs) are currently not treated as employees under the registry statute, meaning CCH providers who are substantiated perpetrators have not been consistently referred to the registry; the bill would close that gap.
The third bill would rebrand and create a children’s division within the behavioral support program so services for children with high-level behavioral needs are clearly recognized and available across the life course. The fourth would give probate judges the ability to check the registry when considering guardianship assignments and would carve out limited financial guardianship options so courts need not proceed to full conservatorship in some cases.
Sheff said the package is initial and could change during the session: "Many of you familiar with the legislative process know that it could be 4 at the end of the session. It could be 0 or anywhere in the middle," he said.
Council members asked about registry sharing with other agencies; Kevin Bronson noted that DCF has access to the DDS registry and that discussions continue about probate access while protecting privacy and due process.
