To Adult Care Home and Family Care Home Providers,

Last week on 12/12/2024, we notified providers that the North Carolina General Assembly passed Senate Bill 382 (Session Law 2024-57), which extends the licensure renewal period and also extends the deadline for renewing adult care home administrator certification and completion of continuing education requirements or CEUs. To that end, the Division of Health Service Regulation (DHSR) sent out a memorandum yesterday on 12/16/2024 that contains instructions for completing an attestation form for administrators that want to take advantage of the extension.

You can view/download the memorandum and attestation form Here

To recap, the applicable portion of the law is pasted below with important areas underlined.

PLEASE NOTE that this only applies to 39 counties and Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians that were affected by Hurricane Helene and includes facilities located in the following counties:

“Affected Area” includes Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina, Forsyth, Gaston, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Iredell, Jackson, Lee, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mecklenburg, Mitchell, Nash, Polk, Rowan, Rutherford, Stanly, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Union, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin and Yancey Counties.

(From Senate Bill 382 - Session Law 2024-57)

EXTENSION OF ADULT CARE HOME AND FAMILY CARE HOME LICENSES AND LICENSE RENEWAL DEADLINES

SECTION 1C.4.(a) Notwithstanding G.S. 131D-2.4(d) or any other law to the contrary, both of the following apply to each facility located in the affected area that holds a valid adult care home or family care home license issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health Service Regulation (DHSR), which is due to expire on December 31, 2024:

(1) The validity of the facility's license as an adult care home or a family care home is extended to March 1, 2025.

(2) The deadline for the facility to submit a renewal application and pay the applicable fee to the DHSR for renewal of its adult care home or a family care home license for the 2025 calendar year is March 1, 2025.

SECTION 1C.4.(b) As used in this section, the terms "adult care home" and "family care home" are as defined in G.S. 131D-2.1.

"EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR RENEWAL OF ADULT CARE HOME ADMINISTRATOR CERTIFICATION AND COMPLETION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

SECTION 1C.5.(a) Notwithstanding Article 20A of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes or any other law to the contrary, all of the following apply with respect to certified administrators of adult care homes who either work as administrators or reside in the affected area:

(1) The validity of the administrator certification is extended from December 31, 2024, to March 1, 2025.

(2) The December 31, 2024, deadline for completing the annual continuing education requirements of G.S. 90-288.15 and any rules adopted pursuant to that section is extended to March 1, 2025.

(3) For the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium, the deadline for certified administrators of adult care homes to submit applications for renewal and pay renewal fees is March 1, 2025.

SECTION 1C.5.(b) As used in this section, the terms "administrator" and "adult care home" are as defined in G.S. 131D-2.1.

SECTION 1C.5.(c) Consistent with G.S. 90-288.12(b), this section does not apply to administrators of family care homes, as defined in G.S. 131D-2.1."

We hope the above information is helpful. If there are questions regarding Licensure, Medicaid, regulatory or other issues, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Jeff Horton, NCSLA Executive Director

Email: jeff@ncseniorliving.org

Phone: 919-787-2526