Cities to monitor unlicensed elderly homes
Published On: Feb 03 2012 05:18:25 PM CST
Updated On: Feb 03 2012 05:32:21 PM CST
Proposed law to crack down on boarding homes
Published: 9/19 7:45 pm
SAN ANTONIO -- There are about 200 illegal assisted living facilities in
San Antonio. Now the city is trying to crack down on them through an
ordinance in the works that would require all boarding homes to be
licensed and regulated.
Current laws only require assisted living
facilities housing four or more people to be licensed and regulated.
Facilities that house three people or less are not required to have a
license.
"These facilities don't have skills, nursing care,
attendance, it's a flop house type of situation," explains Nick Monreal
with the Bexar Area Agency on Aging. "With the cuts in Medicaid, a lot
of these residents who are already in nursing homes will wind up looking
for other types of placements, and these type of facilities will be
more than ready to take them in."
In 2008, Representative Jose
Menendez authored a bill that would allow city and county municipalities
to create laws that would require unlicensed homes to hold permits. Now
the city is working to create an ordinance that would establish how the
facilities would be monitored and reported.
The ordinance is set to go before a council vote in January.
