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Bill Would Require Notification to Residents When Residential Habilitation Centers Fall Out of Compliance
Summary
House Bill 23-50 would require the Department of Social and Health Services to notify RHC residents, families, and legal representatives within 10 days when a facility is found out of compliance with CMS requirements; disability advocates and legal monitors urged passage to improve transparency and accountability.
Committee counsel Omera Harrington briefed members that House Bill 23-50 would require the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) to provide written notice within 10 days to each resident of a residential habilitation center (RHC) and to designated contacts (family members or legal representatives) whenever the facility receives a statement of deficiencies or other CMS noncompliance determination, when a plan of correction is established, and on subsequent determinations about return to compliance or enforcement actions.
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