The Gilmore administration put in law that the department of social services must take into consideration the cost impact their regulations will have on small business. Throughout their report they consistently put there will be no impact; but today we are clearly feeling the affect because 1) small business (aG) Auxiliary grant facility doors are increasingly closing 2) the auxiliary grant amount is way below market prices $53 a day per person. The cost of the ag is not sufficient to ensure compliance with DSS standards (jlarc 2006,p 33).

The following regulations have negatively impacted residential only licensed facilities and created our facilities to become pseudo nursing homes without any funding to match their mandates.

Even the department of social service define Assisted living Facilities as non-medical setting and as residential only facilities we should be exempt from the following regulations and requirement should be amended.

1. Residential only facilities should only be required to take the 32-hour medication course and 4-hour annual training. ( This will create an increase in a staff workforce, the same training that is required for the mental health should be enough to meet the safety and welfare concerns since we serve their population, and those facilities that accept individuals needing more assistance can have experience an increase  workforce of registered medication aide.

2. Having to hire dieticians, doctors, and consultants to do oversites should be promulgated to those facilities that cater to clients with more intensive and assistance. Residential care facilities should be exempt for we are not nursing homes or medical facilities. Therefore, it should be amended to exclude residential only facilities; unless funding is  for provided for these extra services that did not consider the Below Pay of the (AG).