CORRECTIVE REPRINT PRINTER'S NO. 1992 PRINTER'S NO. 2212
No. 151 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY LANGTRY, BOOK, POTT, McVERRY, CESSAR, KENNEDY, DORR AND BURD, JUNE 27, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, JUNE 28, 1985
A RESOLUTION 1 Directing the Health and Welfare Committee to investigate 2 allegations of problems in personal care homes. 3 WHEREAS, The Pittsburgh Press has published a series entitled 4 "New Asylums; Personal Care Homes" that has identified numerous 5 problems and deficiencies in the licensing and regulation of 6 personal care homes; and 7 WHEREAS, The violation of statutes and regulations or the 8 inadequacy of current statutes or regulations constitutes an 9 unnecessary risk to the health and welfare of the residents of 10 personal care homes; and 11 WHEREAS, Based upon its findings, The Pittsburgh Press has 12 identified a considerable number of problems or concerns about 13 the qualifications of operators and the standards of operating 14 personal care homes; and 15 WHEREAS, Personal care homes have the potential of providing 16 a reasonable cost alternative for long-term nonskilled care of 17 the dependent elderly, the mentally ill and the physically
1 handicapped; therefore be it 2 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives instruct and 3 direct the Committee on Health and Welfare to investigate the 4 allegations contained in The Pittsburgh Press report, and to 5 report its findings and recommendations for legislative and 6 administrative remedies to the House of Representatives on or 7 before April 15, 1986. F26L82WMB/19850H0151R2212 - 2 -