Q3 Advocacy Liaison webinar 9/17/13

2. Please mute your line to reduce background noise Do not put us on hold if you have background music on your hold line. At the end of the presentation we will do regional updates. This session will be recorded and the slides will be distributed after the meeting. Q3 Advocacy Liaison webinar 9/17/13

3. The ASHE advocacy highway is a two-way street of communication between ASHE and chapter advocacy liaisons The goal of the advocacy highway is to support communication and improve advocacy efforts at the national, state and local level A Two-Way Street

4. Gives us the opportunity to share national issues at the local level Gives us the opportunity to share your local advocacy issues nationally A Two-Way Street

5. ASHE will keep chapter advocacy liaisons up-to-date about national advocacy efforts and issues affecting health care facilities ASHE will provide practical tools and resources to empower chapter advocacy liaisons Learning from ASHE

6. S&C 13-58 LSC issued August 30, 2013 • Covers several “categorical waivers” • Simplified process doesn’t require formal approval • These waivers are effective immediately CMS Categorical Waivers

7. Allows substitution of a centralized computer system for one Category 1 medical gas master alarm. Medical Gas Master alarms

8. Permits existing openings in exit enclosures to mechanical equipment spaces if they are protected by fire-rated door assemblies. Openings in exit enclosures

9. Reduces the annual diesel-powered generator exercising requirement from two (2) continuous hours to one hour and 30 minutes. Emergency Generators and Standby Power Systems

10. Allows more than one delayed-egress lock in the egress path where the clinical needs require specialized security measures or when a patient requires specialized protective measures for safety. Doors

11. (1) one of the required means of egress from sleeping and non-sleeping suites allowed to be through another suite (2) an increase in sleeping room suite size up to 10,000 ft2. Suites

12. Reduction in the testing frequencies for sprinkler system vane-type and pressure switch type waterflow alarm devices to semiannual, and electric motor-driven pump assemblies to monthly. Extinguishing Requirements

13. Allows the increase in size of containers used solely for recycling clean waste or for patient records awaiting destruction outside of a hazardous storage area to be a maximum of 96-gallons Clean Waste & Patient Record Recycling Containers

14. Covers Waivers Previously Listed in S&C12-21 • Corridor width • Fixed furniture and crash carts and movement aids allowed in the corridor • Decorations • Increases the amount of wall space that may be covered by combustible decorations • Kitchens open to the corridor • Fireplace provision S&C 13-25 Categorical Waivers

15. Document your desire and that you comply with the waiver provisions in your policy and procedures manual. • Verbally announce that you are requesting the waivers at each entrance interview • Check with your State Agency and verify the waivers will be accepted for licensing How to request a categorical waiver

16. Election of Categorical Waivers

17. Coalition for current codes

18. Mark Your Calendars

19. December 3, 2013 11:00-12:00 CT Next Advocacy Liaison Webinar

20. Region 1 Region 10 Region 6 Region 2 Region 5 Region 8 Region 9 Region 3 Region 7 Region 4 ASHE Regional Updates