Haw. Code R. § 11-148.1-23 - Number of individuals to be cared for

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), an adult foster home shall care for no more than two adults with I/DD.

(b) To accommodate residents of a foster boarding home for children with intellectual or developmental disabilities who reach the age of eighteen years, where the home is certified as a foster boarding home for children under section 34617, HRS, the director of health may waive the two-adult limit for certification of that home as an adult foster home, provided that:

(1) The total number of foster children with intellectual or developmental disabilities and adults with I/DD, related or unrelated to the certified caregivers, in the dually certified home shall not exceed three; and

(2) No new adults may be admitted into the home while there are any foster children residing in the home.

(c) An existing adult foster home shall not be given dual certification if the certification as an adult foster home precedes dual certification, unless the certification as a foster boarding home under section 346-17, HRS, is for a specific child, as provided in the department of human services' administrative rules.

(d) The certifying agency reserves the right to limit the number of adults with I/DD that may reside in the adult foster home based on the assessment of the home and certified caregiver.

Notes

Haw. Code R. § 11-148.1-23

[Eff 8/2/2021] (Auth: HRS §§ 321-9, 321-11.2) (Imp: HRS § 321-11.2, 346-17)