Bill > SB670

This bill establishes a Developmental Services Oversight Commission to review health and safety data for individuals receiving developmental services and make recommendations for improvement, with a specific focus on 1915(c) waiver services, which are home and community-based services funded by Medicaid. It also revises reporting requirements for residential service providers when a vulnerable adult experiences serious bodily injury or death, mandating notification to specific state agencies and the federal protection and advocacy agency within seven days, and clarifies the process for maintaining and accessing a registry of founded reports of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable adults, including a seven-year retention period for founded reports and procedures for employers to check the registry. Additionally, the bill mandates that residential facilities caring for children must notify the attorney general and other relevant agencies within seven days of a child's death, and it establishes a new classified position within the Department of Health and Human Services to support the oversight commission, along with an appropriation for its funding.