Regulatory Committee Continues Evaluation of the Health Facility Administrators

The Regulatory Occupations Evaluation Committee (ROEC) met again on May 25, 2011 to continue its evaluation of the Health Facility Administrators Board (HFAB), which issues professional licenses to Indiana Health Facility and Residential Care Administrators. ROEC was formed due to a law passed by the Indiana General Assembly in 2010 that required an evaluation of the need for and function of every professional licensing agency administered by the State of Indiana.

At the most recent ROEC meeting, the committee discussed what the committee’s final report to the Indiana Legislature should contain. Though no agreement was reached on the content of the final report, the following concepts were discussed to be included in the final report:

• Recommend that all license types should be retained as personal accountability is maintained by licensure and there is the potential for consumer harm without licensure

• Recommend that a study of the AIT program be conducted to examine barriers that may exist that reduce the number of available candidates for licensure and evaluate consistency of curriculum for AIT programs

• Recommend that all licensed administrators be required by law to report change of employment to the licensure board (for purposes of obtaining additional data about high turnover, which may correlate to poor performance)

• Recommend that the HFA/RCA licensure program be transferred from the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency (IPLA) to the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH)

The above recommendations are not yet final and ROEC will meet again next month to hear testimony from the ISDH about the fourth potential recommendation that would move the licensure program from the IPLA to the ISDH. The IHCA will continue to keep a close watch on the ROEC’s progress.

Please contact Zach Cattell at zcattell@ihca.org or 317-616-9001 with any questions or comments.