Are the Home for the Aged Act (HFAA) and Children and Young Persons Act (CYPA) ineffective/insufficient to ensure quality of care in these Social Residential Homes (SRH)? If there are gaps, what are these and how are they addressed by the Social Residential Homes Bill (SRHB)?
No. We introduced the SRHB to codify the good progress that our SRHs have made in raising the standards of care over the past years, and not in response to shortcomings in our existing legislation.
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Would some Homes have to be licensed both under the Social Residential Homes Bill (SRHB) as well as the Healthcare Services Act (HCSA)?
Why is MSF introducing the Social Residential Homes Bill now? Does MSF foresee an increase in the number of SRHs arising from an ageing population?
Has the Homes for the Aged Act (HFAA) been reviewed since 1988? If not, why did it take so long?
Are there any overlaps in regulatory requirements under the SRHB, and those under the Healthcare Services Act? If so, how will these overlaps be dealt with?
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