2012 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 42 - WELFARE
CHAPTER 6 - LONG TERM CARE CHOICES PROGRAM
42-6-105. Adult foster care homes; licensure; suspension or revocation.


WY Stat § 42-6-105 (through 2012) What's This?

(a) The department may initiate and license an adult foster care pilot project subject to the following:

(i) The applicant shall pay a one-time fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) which shall be deposited in the general fund;

(ii) The department, a public health nurse or other employee of a local department of health shall complete an inspection of the proposed adult foster care home;

(iii) The proposed home shall comply with all state and local building, sanitation, utility, fire and zoning codes applicable to single family dwellings;

(iv) The home shall have the ability to evacuate all resident clients within three (3) minutes in case of emergency;

(v) The home shall provide a private room with a handicapped accessible bathroom for each resident client. Spouses occupying the same room by mutual consent shall be deemed to have a private room;

(vi) The pilot program shall consist of no more than five (5) adult foster homes. At least three (3) of the homes shall be in counties with a population of thirty thousand (30,000) or less.

(b) The department may, after notice and opportunity for hearing, revoke or suspend any license issued pursuant to this section, may prohibit a facility from accepting new resident clients, may place conditions on the continuation of a license, or may require a facility to take specified remedial actions within a specified time, if:

(i) There is a threat to the health, safety or welfare of any resident client;

(ii) There is credible evidence of abuse, neglect or exploitation of any resident client;

(iii) The facility is not operated in compliance with this act or any rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this act.

(c) If, in the professional judgment of the state health officer, there is a clear and present threat to the health or safety of a resident client, the state health officer may close an adult foster home and transfer the residents to another place. The department shall also initiate proceedings pursuant to subsection (b) of this section within three (3) working days.

(d) The department shall complete a criminal records check on any individual employed by adult foster homes and on any individual, other than a resident client or a resident client's spouse, who at the time of licensure is expected to live in the adult foster home or who, after licensure, lives or comes to live in the adult foster home. The department may refuse to license a facility or prohibit the individual from living in the facility if he has been convicted of a felony indicating he may abuse a resident or steal from a resident.

(e) The department shall promulgate rules and regulations consistent with this act to govern the pilot project.

(f) The department shall report to the joint labor, health and social services interim committee on the status of all adult foster care home pilot projects annually by October 1 of each year. The report shall include:

(i) The location of each pilot project home;

(ii) The licensure status of each pilot project home;

(iii) The average number of adults receiving foster care in each home;

(iv) Both the total number of complaints and the number of complaints by pilot project home which were filed with the department and the number of complaints that were substantiated by the department;

(v) Both the total number of complaints and the number of complaints by pilot project home filed with the long term care ombudsman program and the number of complaints that were substantiated by the ombudsman program;

(vi) Both the total number of complaints and the number of complaints by pilot project home filed with adult protective services and the number of complaints that were substantiated by adult protective services;

(vii) The number of inspections conducted at each pilot project home by the department, a public health nurse or a local health department and a summary of the findings for each visit.

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