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EXPLANATION: Group home supervision for young adults between 18 and 23
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 38,
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, page 369, after line 25, by
adding an appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
/ (DSS: Group Home Transition) For the current fiscal
year, the Department of Social Services shall provide financial
and administrative support and flexibility to Group Homes in
order to best enable any necessary transition of services or the
development of new service models for children and young adults.
Group Homes with young adults between the ages of 18 to 23
years residing in approved and supervised independent living
programs shall not be required to provide 24 hours per day face
to face supervision for the resident. Regulatory and
contractual requirements must not be different for supervision
and staff ratios when a young adult aged 18 to 23 is a resident
in an approved and supervised independent living
program./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.