Under existing law, the Alabama Department of Mental Health (ADMH) is authorized to establish standards for its facilities and providers, and pursuant to that authority, has established the ADMH Division of Development Disabilities Community Incident Prevention and Management System (IPMS), which sets requirements for service providers certified by ADMH to protect individuals receiving services for developmental and intellectual disabilities. This bill would establish critical incident type classifications and provider reporting requirements for certain incident types for use in the Division of Developmental Disabilities Community Incident Prevention and Management System. This bill would require ADMH to adopt and amend rules and policies as necessary for implementation. This bill would also prohibit ADMH from requiring or adopting more stringent incident reporting requirements than the requirements provided for by this act or by federal law or regulations.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: PEER-TO-PEER, PEER-TO-PEER