AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY THE SENATE

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The issuance of a certificate of public need for a nursing facility project located in the Town of Colonial Beach if (i) the total number of beds to be converted from adult care residence to nursing facility use does not exceed seven; (ii) the facility is owned by a nonprofit health care center located in Fredericksburg; and (iii) the total number of new or additional beds plus existing nursing facility beds operated by the facility will not exceed sixty.

14. The issuance of a certificate of public need to a nursing facility in Ashland, Virginia, currently operating at ninety-nine percent occupancy to convert ten private rooms to semiprivate, thereby adding ten beds to an existing fifty-bed wing to promote efficiency of operations and improve access for area residents if the total capital expenditures will not exceed $15,000.

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