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HB 535 Certificate of public need; relocation and certificates for certain nursing home beds.

Introduced by: Robert D. Orrock, Sr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Certificate of public need; nursing home beds.  Repeals requirements relating to relocation of certain nursing home beds and certificates of public need for certain nursing home beds. The bill requires the Department of Health, in consultation with stakeholders, to review existing statutory language and develop recommendations related to (i) acceptance of applications for relocation of nursing home beds without prior issuance of a Request for Applications and (ii) criteria and procedures for extensions of open admissions periods for continuing care retirement communities.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Certificate of public need; nursing home beds.  Repeals requirements relating to relocation of certain nursing home beds and certificates of public need for certain nursing home beds with a delayed effective date of July 1, 2013. The bill requires the Department of Health, in consultation with stakeholders, to review existing statutory language and develop recommendations related to (i) acceptance of applications for relocation of nursing home beds without prior issuance of a Request for Applications and (ii) criteria and procedures for extensions of open admissions periods for continuing care retirement communities.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Certificate of public need; nursing home beds.  Creates an exemption from the Request for Applications process for the relocation of nursing home beds from one facility to another if certain occupancy criteria are met, while removing an existing similar exemption from the definition of "project" for purposes of the certificate of public need process. Also, the bill allows for an extension of the one-time open admissions period in continuing care retirement communities, during which such communities can accept direct admissions to its nursing home beds, if the facility's occupancy rate for the year prior to the requested extension did not average 75 percent of its authorized nursing beds.