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Hawaii

Regulatory Review of Adult Day Services: Final Report - Section 2. Hawaii

Overview The Hawaii Department of Health licenses adult day health centers (ADHC) under the state administrative rules for freestanding adult day health centers, and also under the state administrative rules for skilled nursing/intermediate care facilities (for nursing facility-based adult day health centers).
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Georgia

Regulatory Review of Adult Day Services: Final Report - Section 2. Georgia

Overview The state's adult day services licensing standards, developed after the legislature approved licensing authority in 2003, are currently voluntary due to lack of funding for the licensing agency to administer the licensing process. However, the Division of Aging Services has standards that must be met by providers in the statewide agin
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Florida

Regulatory Review of Adult Day Services: Final Report - Section 2. Florida

Overview
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District of Columbia

Regulatory Review of Adult Day Services: Final Report - Section 2. District of Columbia

Overview The District of Columbia (DC) provides adult day care, also called geriatric day care, through District of Columbia Office on Aging grants issued under the District of Columbia State Plan on Aging to providers who are governed by geriatric day care requirements issued and administered by the Office on Aging. These requirements are cit
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Delaware

Regulatory Review of Adult Day Services: Final Report - Section 2. Delaware

Overview
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Connecticut

Regulatory Review of Adult Day Services: Final Report - Section 2. Connecticut

Overview The state has two models of adult day care (ADC): the social model and the medical model. The social model is designed for individuals who need supervision and activities but not extensive personal care and medical monitoring.
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Colorado

Regulatory Review of Adult Day Services: Final Report - Section 2. Colorado

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California

Regulatory Review of Adult Day Services: Final Report - Section 2. California

Overview In California, adult day care services are provided in two types of licensed facilities: adult day programs (ADP) and adult day health care (ADHC) centers. In addition, each local Area Agency on Aging designates at least one Alzheimer's day care resource center (ADCRC) in its planning and service area to provide specialized Alzheimer'
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Arkansas

Regulatory Review of Adult Day Services: Final Report - Section 2. Arkansas

Overview The Arkansas Office of Long Term Care in the Department of Human Services licenses adult day care (ADC) and adult day health care (ADHC) under separate rules and regulations. Arkansas provides ADC and ADHC under the ElderChoices Medicaid waiver and requires providers to be licensed. Licensure and Certification Requirements
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Arizona

Regulatory Review of Adult Day Services: Final Report - Section 2. Arizona

Overview The Department of Health Services licenses adult day health care facilities. The Arizona  Administrative Code  R9-10-501 to 514 serves as the basis for the licensing requirements. Tribal providers need approval from the tribal government or the Bureau of Indian Affairs to operate an adult day care/adult day health care facility. Med
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Alaska

Regulatory Review of Adult Day Services: Final Report - Section 2. Alaska

Overview There are no licensure requirements in the State of Alaska for adult day services. There is no oversight for adult day service programs that serve only private pay clients.
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Alabama

Regulatory Review of Adult Day Services: Final Report - Section 2. Alabama

Overview Alabama provides adult day care (ADC) as a function of Adult Protective Services, under the Department of Human Resources, under   Adult Day Care Requirements   from the Office of Social Service Contracts.
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Regulatory Review of Adult Day Services: Final

Regulatory Review of Adult Day Services: Final Report - Section 2

Regulatory Review of Adult Day Services: Final Report SECTION 2. STATE REGULATORY PROFILES
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Endnotes

Regulatory Review of Adult Day Services: Final Report - Section 1. Endnotes

We did not identify this requirement in the rules; a state staff person who reviewed the profile provided this information.
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Relevant Medicaid Contracting Requirements

Regulatory Review of Adult Day Services: Final Report - Section 1. Relevant Medicaid Contracting Requirements

Relevant Medicaid Contracting Requirements All states fund ADS for elderly persons through either their Medicaid State Plan or waiver program. State primarily use 1915(c) waivers; Tennessee is an exception using an 1115 waiver. Providers of Medicaid-funded ADS must meet all applicable regulatory requirements whether they include licensure, certifi
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Monitoring

Regulatory Review of Adult Day Services: Final Report - Section 1. Monitoring

The majority of states require inspections--most of them annual inspections that coincide with an initial license application and annual license renewal. Several states also stipulate that unannounced visits by state personnel can occur at any time. Only one state does not have external monitoring. Alaska does not license or monitor ADS. The state
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Training Requirements

Regulatory Review of Adult Day Services: Final Report - Section 1. Training Requirements

Virtually all states have both orientation and initial and ongoing training requirements, but they are minimal. Some requirements are quite general, while others are specific regarding the type of training and the number of hours required. Most states require at least one staff trained in first aid and CPR on duty at all times. Examples of the wid
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Staffing Requirements

Regulatory Review of Adult Day Services: Final Report - Section 1. Staffing Requirements

States vary with regard to the number of staff required. Most states specify minimum staff-to-participant ratios. As shown in  Exhibit 2 , mandatory ratios range between one to four and one to ten. Some states require different ratios for different types of ADS, and some states specify both a required ratio and a recommended ratio. Some states re
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Provisions Regarding Medications

Regulatory Review of Adult Day Services: Final Report - Section 1. Provisions Regarding Medications

Most states do not specify medication administration as a required service, except for adult day health care providers. The majority of states require licensed personnel to administer medications. States that permit unlicensed staff to administer medications generally required that they do so under nurse delegation provisions, though a few require
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Required and Optional Services

Regulatory Review of Adult Day Services: Final Report - Section 1. Required and Optional Services

All states identify a range of required and optional ADS in their licensing or certification requirements or other types of agreements. States list required and optional services for each type of ADS that they license, certify, or otherwise regulate (e.g., for adult day care and adult day health care). The services we included in our review are:

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