Outdoor Care Mandate Bill

A01

Amend Section Two to read, and renumber where necessary:

(1) Care Homes and Adult Social Care Facilities shall be required to ensure that each resident receives a minimum of 10 hours of outdoor nature care per week following suitability assessments to be carried out by the competent staff of Care Bome and Adult Social Care Facilities.

(2) Pursuant to paragraph (1), suitability assessments shall consider, but not be limited to the following —

(a) medical history, (b) current medical conditions, (c) physical and mental health, and (d) if the resident or their legal guardian (should the resident lack independent decision making capacity) chooses to accept the offer.

(3) Should the suitability assessment mentioned in paragraph (2) report that a resident is not capable or such activity required in paragraph (1) would lead to the detriment of the resident’s health and conditions - failing the assessment, they shall hereby be eligible for exemptions.

EN: The bill has no exemption clause should residents fail suitability assessment, and it neglects mental condition in its considerations for suitability assessment. This amendment fixes that, and of course wording.

This amendment was submitted by /u/waffel-lol

A02

Insert after Section Four, and renumber accordingly:

Section Five - Outdoor Spaces Support

(1) There shall hereby be a fund established for the purpose of supporting the expansion and establishment of suitable outdoor spaces for the purposes of this Act, in which the Secretary of State shall be responsible for the necessary allocation of funds in consultation with the relevant authorities.

(2) Eligibility for funds shall be assessed by the competent authority, reviewing care applications submitted by Care Homes and Adult Social Care Facilities, in which the criteria for care homes and adult social care facilities shall evaluate but not be limited to the following —

(a) current quality and size of outdoor spaces, (b) the number of residents and staff, (c) the physical and mental conditions of residents, and (c) the geographical location and availability of outdoor spaces.

(3) The Secretary of State may by secondary legislation set Regulations regarding the assessment criteria for Outdoor Space Support detailed in this Section.

(4) Regulations set under paragraph (3) shall be subject to affirmative procedure.

EN: The bill lacks provisions in the event a care home doesn’t have outdoor spaces/funds to improve outdoor dishes to accommodate the requirements of the rest of the bill. This amendment creates somewhat of a support scheme to allow that.

This amendment was submitted by /u/Hobnob88

This division will end at 10pm on the 6th August.