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All Facilities Letters - 2024

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*All Facilities Letters are listed in ascending order by release date, with updated AFLs listed directly after their original version

Bulletin NumberFacility Type AffectedSubjectRelease Date
AFL 24-01
Home Health Agencies (HHAs)

Program Flexibility for HHA Nursing Experience Requirements​

01/03/2024​
​AFL 24-02 

​Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
​Annual Announcement: Online Application Period for Patient Needs Waiver (PNW) and Workforce Shortage Waiver (WSW)​
​01/16/2024
​AFL 24-03 

​All Facilities

​Assembly Bill (AB) 352 – Health Information Disclosures​

​01/16/2024
​AFL 24-04 

​All Facilities
​Assembly Bill (AB) 1707 (Chapter 258, Statutes of 2023):
Health Professionals and Facilities Adverse Actions Based on Another State’s Law
​01/16/2024
AFL 24-05 

​Primary Care Clinics (PCCs)
Intermittent Clinics
Specialty Clinics ​

​Senate Bill (SB) 779: Primary Care Clinic Data Modernization Act​

​01/16/2024
​AFL 24-06 

​General Acute Care Hospitals (GACH)
Special Hospitals (SH)
Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)
Congregate Living Health Facilities (CHLF)
Hospice Facilities (HOFA)
Home Health Agencies (HHAs)
​Senate Bill (SB) 302 – Compassionate Access to Medical Cannabis Act 
​01/17/2024
​AFL 24-07 

Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs)
Intermediate Care Facilities (ICFs)
Hospices​​
​Assembly Bill (AB) 48 - Nursing Facility Resident Informed Consent Protection Act of 2023​
​02/28/2024
​AFL 24-08 

​​Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs)
Intermediate Care Facilities (ICFs)​
​Updated Information on Family Council Requirements to Include AB 979 – Long-Term Care Family Councils
​02/28/2024
​AFL 24-09 

​Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCs)
​Assembly Bill (AB) 1417 - Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse Mandated Reporting​
​02/28/2024
AFL 24-10​ 
(Superseded - See AFL 25-04​)​
​​​Hospice Agencies
​​Senate Bill (SB) 137: Health Omnibus Trailer Bill
​02/28/2024

​AFL 24-11 

​General Acute Care Hospitals (GACHs)
​Notice of Petition Hearing Regarding Medical Staff Membership P-23-002​

​04/15/2024
​AFL 24-12​ 

​Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCs)​
​Notice of Public Comment Period for Temporary Management Regulations (DPH-11-017)​

​04/15/2024
​AFL 24-13​ 

​All Facilities
​Hot Summer Weather Advisory
​06/03/2024
​AFL 24-14 

​General Acute Care Hospitals (GACHs)
​Notice of Stakeholder Meeting for Burn Center Regulations
​06/03/2024
​​AFL 24-15​ 
(Supersedes AFL 22-21)
​Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)
General Acute Care Hospitals (GACH) with a SNF Distinct Part (D/P)

​Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP)


​06/13/2024
​​AFL 24-16 

​All Health Facilities
​Health Care Facility License Fee Notifications and the Annual Budget Act Process

​06/19/2024
​​AFL 24-17​ 

​All Facilities
​Excessive Heat Warning Alert
​07/02/2024
​​AFL 24-18​ 

​All Health Facilities

Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25 Health Care Facility License Fee Schedule​

​07/02/2024
AFL 24-19​ 

​General Acute Care Hospitals
​Notice of Public Comment Period for General Acute Care Hospitals: Clinical Laboratory, Pharmaceutical, and Dietetic Service Regulations (DPH-07-011)
​07/26/2024
​AFL 24-20​ 

​General Acute Care Hospitals

​Notice of Public Hearing Regarding Clinical Laboratory, Dietetic, and Pharmaceutical Services – DPH-07-011​

​08/28/2024
​AFL 24-21 

​All Facilities

​Solicitation of Input for Regulations Governing Criminal Record Clearances for Certified Nurse Assistants and Home Health Aides​

​09/03/2024
​AFL 24-22​ 

​General Acute Care Hospitals
​Reminder of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) Requirements
​09/06/2024
​​AFL 24-23 

​All Facilities

​New Online Submission System for Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) and Home Health Aide (HHA) Initial Certification Applications​

​09/26/2024
​​AFL 24-24​ 

​All Facilities

​Intravenous (IV) Solution Shortage due to Hurricane Helene​


​10/09/2024​
​AFL 24-25​ 

​General Acute Care Hospitals (GACHs)
Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs)

​National Hospital Data Reporting

​11/20/2024
​​AFL 24-26​ 

​General Acute Care Hospitals (GACHs)
​Notice of Petition Hearing Regarding Medical Staff Membership P-24-02​
​12/20/2024
​​AFL 24-27 - NEW

​Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs)
​Annual Announcement: Online Application Period for Patient Needs Waiver (PNW) and Workforce Shortage Waiver (WSW)​
​12/30/2024
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