Legislative Session number- 87

Bill Name: SF0626

3E Relating to health

ARTICLE 1 - NURSING FACILITIES

Authorizing the
commissioner of health to waive timelines for partial or complete evacuations in
response to natural disasters; creating a hardship area exception to the nursing
home bed moratorium; allowing the commissioner of health to approve a request
for consolidation of nursing facilities; requiring the commissioner to determine
the allowable payment rates of the facility receiving beds for relocations;
specifying criteria for review of applicant proposals to the moratorium process;
requiring funding for an approved moratorium exception project for a Bloomington
nursing facility; providing a method for determining budget-neutral nursing
facility rates for relocated beds; repealing exceptions to moratorium review for
criteria and replacement restrictions

ARTICLE 2 - CONFORMING
CHANGES

Making certain clarifying, technical, and conforming changes
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