A critical question faced by state agencies as well as owners, operators, and managers of assisted living facilities is whether to permit new admissions. ...more
The Georgia House of Representatives, Health and Human Services Committee, chaired by Representative Sharon Cooper, unanimously approved House Bill 987 on February 25, 2020 (“HB 987” or the “Bill”), proposing a number of new...more
On May 19, 2019, the Minnesota Senate passed legislation aimed to provide additional protections for elderly and vulnerable residents in Minnesota. The legislation included two levels of licensure for assisted living to...more
The Georgia House and Senate have passed House Bill 374, which would authorize certified medication aides to administer liquid morphine to assisted living community residents under hospice care pursuant to a physician’s...more
After several years of discussion between Personal Care Home (PCH) and Assisted Living Community (ALC) operators and the Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH), DCH issued final regulations this summer that address the...more
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report entitled “Medicaid Assisted Living Services: Improved Oversight of Beneficiary Health and Welfare is Needed.” The report, released on February 5, 2018,...more
On February 1, 2016, the Utah Legislature's House Health and Human Services Committee debated proposed legislation permitting an assisted living facility resident, or their representative, to install a video or audio...more
U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) requested in a letter dated July 8, 2015 that the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) undertake a review of...more