North Carolina § 131D-10 - Adult care home rated certificates.

§ 131D-10. Adult care home rated certificates.

Rules adopted by the North Carolina Medical Care Commission for issuance of certificates to adult care homes shall contain a rating based, at a minimum, on the following: Inspections and substantiated complaint investigations conducted by the Department to determine compliance with licensing statutes and rules. Specific areas to be reviewed include: Admission and discharge procedures. Medication management. Physical plant. Resident care and services, including food services, resident activities programs, and safety measures. Residents' rights. Sanitation grade. Special Care Units. Use of physical restraints and alternatives. The Division of Health Service Regulation shall issue ratings to a facility pursuant to the rules adopted under this section based on both of the following: Inspections and investigations of complaints conducted pursuant to G.S. 131D-2.11 and G.S. 131D-26 that revealed noncompliance with statutes and rules. The facility's participation in any quality improvement programs approved by the Department. Repealed by Session Laws 2017-184, s. 5, effective October 1, 2017. The Division of Health Service Regulation shall issue a star rating to a facility within 45 days from the date the Division mails the survey or inspection report to the facility, except when a timely request has been made by the facility under G.S. 131D-2.11 for informal dispute resolution. If a facility makes a timely request for informal dispute resolution, the Division of Health Service Regulation shall issue a star rating to the facility within 15 days from the date the Division mails the informal dispute decision to the facility. Adult care homes shall display the rating certificate in a location visible to the public. Certificates shall include the Web site address for the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health Service Regulation, which can be accessed for specific information regarding the basis of the facility rating. For access by the public on request, adult care homes shall also maintain on-site a copy of information provided by the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health Service Regulation, regarding the basis of the facility rating. The Department shall make available free of charge to the general public on the Division of Health Service Regulation Web site each facility rating and specific information regarding the basis for calculating each facility rating. History (2007-544, s. 3(b); 2017-184, s. 5.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2017-184, s. 6(a), (b), provides: "(a) The Department of Health and Human Services shall conduct a study of the North Carolina Star Rated Certificate Program. The study shall (i) evaluate the effectiveness of the program in providing information to consumers of adult care home services, (ii) examine potential evidence-based alternatives, and (iii) make recommendations for any regulatory or legislative changes that could result in improvement of the current system. "(b) By February 1, 2018, the Department shall report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services and the Fiscal Research Division on the progress of the study. By October 1, 2018, the Department shall conclude the study and report its findings and recommendations, including any recommendations for regulatory or legislative changes, to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services and the Fiscal Research Division." Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2017-184, s. 5, effective October 1, 2017, rewrote subsection (b); deleted former subsection (c), related to how long Type A and B penalties affect a rating; added subsection (c1); in subsection (d), deleted the former last sentence in the introductory paragraph, and former subdivisions (d)(1) and (d)(2), which read: "In addition to information on the basis of the rating, the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health Service Regulation, shall make information available via its Web site and in the materials available on-site at the facility regarding quality improvement efforts undertaken by the facility including: (1) Participation in any quality improvement programs approved by the Department. (2) The facility's attainment of the North Carolina New Organizational Vision Award special licensure designation authorized in Article 5, Chapter 131E of the General Statutes"; and added subsection (e).