Assisted living facilities are regulated by individual state agencies. Below is a list of some websites to learn more about your states’ assisted living regulations:
Alabama
Alabama Department of Public Health – Bureau of Health Provider Standards
Alaska
Alaska Department of Health & Social Services – Division of Health Care Services
Arizona
Arizona Department of Health Services – Bureau of Residential Facilities Licensing
Arkansas
Department of Health and Human Services – Office of Long Term Care
California
California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division
Colorado
Connecticut
Connecticut Department of Public Health – Facility Licensing & Investigations Section
Delaware
Delaware Department of Health & Social Services – Division of Long Term Care Residents Protection
District of Columbia
District of Columbia Department of Health – Assisted Living Residencies
Florida
Florida Agency for Health Care Administration – Bureau of Long Term Care Services
Georgia
Georgia Department of Community Health – Healthcare Facility Regulation Division
Hawaii
Hawaii Department of Health – Office of Health Care Assurance
Idaho
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
Illinois
Illinois Department of Public Health – Division of Assisted Living
Indiana
Indiana State Department of Health – Indiana Division of Aging (DA)
Iowa
Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals – Adult Services Bureau
Kansas
Kentucky
Kentucky Cabinet for Health & Family Services – Department for Aging & Independent Living
Louisiana
Lousiana Department of Health and Hospitals
Maine
Maine Department of Health and Human Services – Division of Licensing and Regulatory Services
Maryland
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene – Office of Health Care Quality
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs
Michigan
Michigan Department of Human Services – Bureau of Children and Adult Licensing
Minnesota
Minnesota Department of Health
Mississippi
Mississippi Department of Health – Bureau of Health Facilities Licensure and Certification
Missouri
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Division of Regulation and Licensure
Montana
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services – Quality Assurance Division
Nebraska
Nevada
Nevada Division of Health – Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New Mexico Department of Health – Health Facility Licensing and Certification Bureau
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
North Dakota Department of Health – Division of Health Facilities for Basic Care Facilities
Ohio
Ohio Department of Health – Division of Quality Assurance
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Department of Health – Health Facility Systems
Oregon
Oregon Department of Human Services – Aging and People with Disabilities
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Department of Health Facilities – Regulation Division
South Carolina
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control – Division of Health Licensing
South Dakota
South Dakota Department of Health
Tennessee
Tennessee Department of Health – Division of Health Care Facilities
Texas
Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services
Utah
Utah Department of Health – Facility Licensing, Certification and Resident Assessment
Vermont
Virginia
Virginia Department of Social Services – Division of Licensing Programs
Washington
Washington Department of Social and Health Services – Aging and Long-Term Support Administration
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Wyoming Department of Health – Office of Healthcare Licensing and Surveys