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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 135.11, Code 1995, is amended by adding 1 2 the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 25. Establish by rule, in cooperation 1 4 with the department of inspections and appeals, standards for 1 5 home care aid programs which include, but are not limited to, 1 6 personnel requirements for home care aid programs not 1 7 certified under the medical assistance program. 1 8 Sec. 2. Section 135C.16, subsection 1, Code 1995, is 1 9 amended to read as follows: 1 10 1. In addition to the inspections required by sections 1 11 135C.9 and 135C.38, the department shall make or cause to be 1 12 made such further unannounced inspections as it deems 1 13 necessary to adequately enforce this chapter. At least one 1 14 general unannounced inspection shall be conducted for each 1 15 health care facility within afifteen-monththirty-month 1 16 period. The inspector shall show identification to the person 1 17 in charge of the facility and state that an inspection is to 1 18 be made before beginning the inspection. An employee of the 1 19 department who gives unauthorized advance notice of an 1 20 inspection made or planned to be made under this subsection or 1 21 section 135C.38 shall be disciplined as determined by the 1 22 director, except that if the employee is employed pursuant to 1 23 the merit system provisions of chapter 19A the discipline 1 24 shall not exceed the discipline authorized pursuant to that 1 25 chapter. 1 26 Sec. 3. Section 135C.38, subsection 3, Code 1995, is 1 27 amended to read as follows: 1 28 3. An inspection made pursuant to a complaint filed under 1 29 section 135C.37 need not be limited to the matter or matters 1 30 complained of; however. However, the inspection shall not be 1 31 a general inspection unless the complaint inspection coincides 1 32 with a scheduled general inspection or unless problems in 1 33 addition to those included in the complaint are visible to the 1 34 inspector and the facility has a history of noncompliance with 1 35 statutory or regulatory requirements. Upon arrival at the 2 1 facility to be inspected, the inspector shall show 2 2 identification to the person in charge of the facility and 2 3 state that an inspection is to be made, before beginning the 2 4 inspection. Upon request of either the complainant or the 2 5 department or committee, the complainant or the complainant's 2 6 representative or both may be allowed the privilege of 2 7 accompanying the inspector during any on-site inspection made 2 8 pursuant to this section. The inspector may cancel the 2 9 privilege at any time if the inspector determines that the 2 10 privacy of any resident of the facility to be inspected would 2 11 otherwise be violated. The dignity of the resident shall be 2 12 given first priority by the inspector and others. 2 13 Sec. 4. RISK-BASED INSPECTIONS. 2 14 1. The department of inspections and appeals shall develop 2 15 and implement a risk-based inspection system for health care 2 16 facilities which are licensed only by the state pursuant to 2 17 chapter 135C. The risk-based system shall be used in 2 18 inspections of health care facilities beginning with the first 2 19 inspection of the facility subsequent to the inspection of 2 20 that facility during the period of July 1, 1995, through 2 21 December 31, 1997. 2 22 2. The department of inspections and appeals shall submit 2 23 all of the following to the joint appropriations subcommittee 2 24 on oversight, audit, and government reform, to the governor, 2 25 and to the legislative fiscal bureau: 2 26 a. On or before August 1, 1996, a report which includes 2 27 all of the following: 2 28 (1) The survey and complaint activities completed in 2 29 fiscal year 1995-1996 for health care facilities licensed only 2 30 by the state. 2 31 (2) The criteria to be used in the risk-based inspections 2 32 system. 2 33 b. On or before February 1, 1997, an interim report, and 2 34 on or before February 1, 1998, a final report regarding the 2 35 progress of the risk-based inspections system. 3 1 Any of the reports submitted may also include such 3 2 additional information as requested by the joint 3 3 appropriations subcommittee on oversight, audit, and 3 4 government reform and may contain recommendations by the 3 5 department of inspections and appeals of legislative action or 3 6 program change. 3 7 SF 2459 3 8 pf/cc/26
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