Adult Social Services
| Bills | Committee | Last action | Date |
| HB 1831 - Torian - Long-term services and supports screening; authorization to share assessments. | (H) Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions | (H) Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions | 02/07/23 |
| notes: Allows completed screenings for long-term services and supports to be shared with local departments of social services. Such screenings may be used to determine eligibility without completion of additional screenings if they are received within 30 days of an individual's application for long-term services and supports. | |||
| HB 1874 - Helmer - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; applying to participate or renewal. | (H) Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions | (H) VOTE: DEFEATED (45-Y 54-N) | 02/07/23 |
| notes: Prohibits the Board of Social Services from requiring persons applying to participate or renewing their participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to appear in person. The bill also codifies the Department of Health's authority to implement a Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC program), which is currently authorized by regulation, and prohibits the Department of Health from requiring persons applying to participate or renewing their participation in the WIC program to appear in person. | |||
| HB 2231 - Sickles - Social Work, Board of; expands powers and duties. | (H) Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions (S) Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services | (G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0489) | 03/24/23 |
| notes: Expands the powers and duties of the Board of Social Work to requires the Board to maintain a list of the names and contact information of persons approved by the Board to supervise candidates for licensure as a clinical social worker and allows supervisees pursuing licensure as a clinical social worker to change or add a supervisor from the Board%92s list of approved supervisors without prior approval from the Board. | |||
| HB 2344 - Head - Adult protective services; referrals to local law enforcement. | (H) Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions (S) Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services | (G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0487) | 03/24/23 |
| notes: Removes the requirement that the adult protective services hotline immediately refer certain reports of alleged adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation to the appropriate local law-enforcement agency and removes the duty of local law-enforcement agencies to provide the adult protective services hotline with a preferred point of contact for such referrals. The bill retains the requirement for the local department of social services to immediately refer such reports to the appropriate local law-enforcement agency and the duty of local law-enforcement agencies to provide local departments of social services with a preferred point of contact for such referrals. | |||
| HB 2380 - Roem - SNAP applications; information. | (H) Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions (S) Committee on Rules | (G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0167) | 03/22/23 |
| notes: Directs the Department of Social Services to provide information, resources, and education to food banks regarding providing assistance to individuals completing a SNAP application, including the process for organizations to enter into a contract with the Department to provide this service. | |||
| SB 1407 - Vogel - Assisted living facility; regulations for facilities with fewer than 25 residents. | (S) Committee on Rules | (S) Passed by indefinitely in Rules (15-Y 1-N) | 02/03/23 |
| notes: Requires the Department of Social Services to amend regulations affecting assisted living facilities with fewer than 25 residents to meet adjusted requirements for staff training and for the minimum age for staff employment. | |||
| SB 1421 - Pillion - Adult protective services; referrals to local law enforcement. | (H) Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions (S) Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services | (G) Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0488) | 03/24/23 |
| notes: Removes the requirement that the adult protective services hotline immediately refer certain reports of alleged adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation to the appropriate local law-enforcement agency and removes the duty of local law-enforcement agencies to provide the adult protective services hotline with a preferred point of contact for such referrals. The bill retains the requirement for the local department of social services to immediately refer such reports to the appropriate local law-enforcement agency and the duty of local law-enforcement agencies to provide local departments of social services with a preferred point of contact for such referrals. | |||