Sponsored by:
Assemblyman SEAN T. KEAN
District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
Permits certain adult day care centers and group homes to restrict access to certain persons who violate food restriction policies.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning adult day care centers and group homes and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. As used in this section:
"Adult day care center" means an adult day health care services facility licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.), which provides preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, and rehabilitative services under medical and nursing supervision to meet the needs of functionally impaired adult participants for a period of time that does not exceed 12 hours during any calendar day. “Adult day care center” shall include any center that provides a community-based group program designed to meet the needs of functionally or cognitively impaired adults through an individual plan of care structured to provide a variety of health, social, and related support services in a protective setting during any part of a day but less than 24 hours.
"Group home" means a living arrangement that is operated in a residence or residences leased or owned by a licensee; which provides the opportunity for individuals with developmental disabilities to live together in a home, sharing in chores and the overall management of the residence; and in which staff provide supervision, training, or assistance in a variety of forms and intensity as required to assist the individuals as they move toward independence.
b. An adult day care center or a group home that provides services to individuals with disabilities shall be permitted to suspend or temporarily or permanently restrict physical access to the facility with respect to an individual, who is a caretaker, a guardian, or an employee of the facility, if the individual violates the facility’s food restriction policy.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill permits certain adult day care centers and group homes to restrict access to certain persons who violate food restriction policies.
Under the bill, an adult day care center or a group home that provides services to individuals with disabilities is to be permitted to suspend or temporarily or permanently restrict physical access to the facility with respect to an individual, who is a caretaker, a guardian, or an employee of the facility, if the individual violates the facility’s food restriction policy.
The bill defines "adult day care center" to mean an adult day health care services facility licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.), which provides preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, and rehabilitative services under medical and nursing supervision to meet the needs of functionally impaired adult participants for a period of time that does not exceed 12 hours during any calendar day. “Adult day care center” is to include any center that provides a community-based group program designed to meet the needs of functionally or cognitively impaired adults through an individual plan of care structured to provide a variety of health, social, and related support services in a protective setting during any part of a day but less than 24 hours. "Group home" means a living arrangement that is operated in a residence or residences leased or owned by a licensee; which provides the opportunity for individuals with developmental disabilities to live together in a home, sharing in chores and the overall management of the residence; and in which staff provide supervision, training, or assistance in a variety of forms and intensity as required to assist the individuals as they move toward independence.