Urgent Regulations Update

Urgent Regulations Update

On June 24, the Office of Long Term Living released the interim draft Assisted Living Regulations to stakeholders and interested persons.  This draft is available here:  Document-12700.pdf.  This is just an interim draft and the state is accepting comments on last changes to make prior to publishing their final draft in the months ahead.

We have reviewed it along side the proposed regulations.  There are many good changes.  These are listed here:

However, there are still some major outstanding issues that need to be resolved so that consumers can be well-served in Pennsylvania’s assisted living facilities.  These are listed here:

Comments may be submitted to the Office of Long Term Living via e-mail at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

or via mail at:

  Office of Long Term Living
  Bureau of Policy and Strategic Planning
  P.O. Box 2675
  Harrisburg, PA 17105
  Attention: Bill White

Comments must be submitted by close of business on Friday July 24, 2009.  Additionally, the state is asking for comments to be submitted in a Microsoft Word document and prefers to receive them by e-mail.

We strongly encourage folks to submit their support for the good things that have been done and their opinion that more needs to be done to make these regulations good enough for the people we love.

The Interim Regulations include several significant improvements over the proposed regulations. This considerably improves the regulatory package and we are very pleased with these additions.

Click here to download the PDF document (Interim Regulations Good list)

Click here to download the PDF document (Interim Regulations Bad list)