- Introduced -

SB 1190 - This act exempts continuing care retirement communities (CCRC) from the certificate of need (CON) law. A new Section 197.370 defines CCRCs as housing operated to provide a continuum of care to older adults while allowing them to remain in the same location as they require higher levels of care. Four levels of care are also defined within the CCRC definition.

This act exempts CCRCs from the CON process for the addition of long term care beds if such beds are to go to a CCRC campus or if the beds will go to a proposed CCRC project upon its completion. If a skilled nursing facility (SNF) which has been licensed more than three years does not have 55 percent occupancy or higher for the last six quarters, then it must relinquish its excess beds over 65 percent. The SNF may regain those beds after obtaining 90 percent occupancy for six quarters. Any person who owns a CCRC may relocate the beds or change the licensure of the beds and relocate them to another CCRC owned by that person.

This act contains an emergency clause.

ERIN MOTLEY