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2008 SESSION
HB 819 Nursing facilities; those in continuing care retirement communities to participate in program.
Introduced by: David B. Albo | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Continuing care retirement communities; medical assistance. Allows nursing facilities in continuing care retirement communities in Planning District 8 to participate in the Medical Assistance Program so long as (i) the nursing facility is no longer operating under an open admissions period, (ii) any patients who qualify and receive medical assistance have been residents of the community for at least three years, (iii) not more than 10 percent of the facility receives benefits at any given time, and (iv) residents who qualify for and receive medical assistance have exhausted any refundable entrance fee paid on the resident's behalf as a result of expenditures for that resident's care. This bill also allows these facilities to be exempt from certificate of public need requirements as long as no resident receives federal or state public assistance funds during an open admissions period.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Continuing care retirement communities; medical assistance. Allows nursing facilities in continuing care retirement communities to participate in the Medical Assistance Program under certain conditions. Also allows these facilities to be exempt from certificate of public need requirements as long as no resident receives federal or state public assistance funds during an open admissions period.