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2007 SESSION

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HB 1965 Hospice facilities; regulations shall include minimum standards for design and construction.

Introduced by: John M. O'Bannon, III | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Assisted living facilities; certain hospices exempt.  Defines "hospice facility." Exempts hospice facilities with 16 or fewer beds from Certificate of Public Need laws and regulations.  Provides that hospice facilities shall be licensed by the Department of Health and that regulations promulgated by the Board shall include standards for the care, treatment, health, safety, welfare and comfort of patients and their families served by the program.  Eliminates existing provisions authorizing an entity licensed as a hospice to concurrently hold a license to operate as an assisted living facility and authorizing an entity licensed as an assisted living facility to concurrently hold a license as a hospice.


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