| SB 0855 | Allows for transfer and reallocation of certain care facility beds without a certificate of need requirement |
| Sponsor: | Sims | |||
| LR Number: | L1901.04I | Fiscal Note: | 1901-04 | |
| Committee: | Aging, Families and Mental Health | |||
| Last Action: | 02/17/98 - Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families & Mental Health | Journal page: | ||
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| Effective Date: | August 28, 1998 | |||
SB 855 - This act allows residential care facilities and skilled nursing facilities with occupancy rates less than ninety percent to transfer the ownership of licensed beds to similarly licensed facilities. Such transfers shall not require a certificate of need, review, or approval.
Residential care facilities, intermediate care facilities,
and skilled nursing facilities with occupancy rates greater than
ninety percent for more than four consecutive quarters shall be
allowed to expand their licensed bed capacity. Furthermore,
residential care facilities may reallocate any portion of their
licensed beds to other facilities that are similarly licensed and
within five miles of the residential care facility.
JOHN MESSMER