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Residential Homes Legislation Amendment Wednesday Interchange Law Zhiguang: Residential homes that do not meet the new regulations can be gradually withdrawn

2022-05-15T03:19:35.658Z


The government will submit to the Legislative Council next Wednesday (25th) amendments to the legislation on residential homes, including raising the minimum manpower requirements and per capita area of ​​residential homes, and strengthening the accountability of residential home operators. Law Chi-kwong, Secretary for Labour and Welfare today (15th


The government will submit to the Legislative Council next Wednesday (25th) amendments to the legislation on residential homes, including raising the minimum manpower requirements and per capita area of ​​residential homes, and strengthening the accountability of residential home operators.

The Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Law Chi-kwong, said in his blog today (15th) that this revision is not a minor repair. If the relevant work can be successfully completed, the institutions that fail to meet the service standards can gradually be withdrawn from the premises, and the institutions that meet the requirements of the society can be gradually withdrawn. Residential Houses instead.


Law Chi-kwong mentioned that the bill proposes to increase the minimum per capita floor area of ​​residential care homes in two stages, and the transition will be completed in eight years. High-care homes have four years to achieve a per capita floor area of ​​not less than 8 square meters, and within eight years to meet the new requirement of 9.5 square meters per capita floor area, as for the existing medium and low care homes. Eight years are available to meet the new requirement of 8 square meters of floor area per capita.

460 residential homes under the new amendment fail to meet the requirements, involving 6,300 places

He pointed out that there are currently about 460 residential homes that do not meet the above-mentioned new requirements, and a total of about 6,300 places need to be reduced. In the current market, there are about 8,700 vacant places in other residential homes that have met the new requirements. He believes that this time The amendments will not deprive residents of these institutions of residential care, emphasizing that the transitional arrangement is to allow existing institutions to achieve the new requirements through natural wastage, gradual reduction of places, and necessary alteration works or relocation of premises.

Law Chi-kwong pointed out that the introduction of the "responsible person" system will help promote the accountability culture of the operating organizations.

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The introduction of the "responsible person" system helps to promote a culture of accountability in operators

As for strengthening the supervision of those responsible for residential care homes, Law Chi-kwong said that under the new regulatory system, all applicants for new licenses or license renewals for residential care homes must be "fit and proper persons", and applicants must nominate a management officer for the residential care home. The responsible person must also be a "fit and proper person", including whether he has been convicted of an offence under the Residential Care Homes Ordinance in the past, and the past application or renewal of a residential care home licence, etc.

He pointed out that the introduction of the "responsible person" system will help to promote the accountability culture of the operators. In addition to strengthening the accountability of the RCHE operators, the Bill introduces a new registration system for RCHEs to improve the day-to-day management of RCHEs. To operate, the person applying to become a registered supervisor must hold a relevant professional qualification or education, or relevant work experience.

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Emphasize that this revision is not a minor repair

Law Chi-kwong emphasized that the current legislative amendments are not minor repairs. If the relevant amendments can be successfully completed, the institutions that fail to meet the service standards can gradually withdraw during the transition period and be replaced by institutions that meet the requirements of the society. However, he admits that the amendments alone are not enough to improve the quality of residential care services. The authorities will also build welfare facilities on government land and exempt new private development projects from land prices involving areas of residential care homes.

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Residential homes will resume limited visits on May 13. All residents of residential care homes in Hong Kong will be tested for foreign workers in phases. Late declaration of the infection status of residents and staff warned SWD: Immunity creates gaps in epidemic prevention Luo Zhiguang recalls the fifth wave of outbreaks in residential buildings: It was a painful experience and found that the confirmed residents moved out of the institutions

Source: hk1

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