FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 418
90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SINGLETON.
Read 1st time February 8, 1999, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
S1857.01I
AN ACT
To amend chapter 197, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to continuing care retirement communities.
Section A. Chapter 197, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 197.715, to read as follows:
197.715. 1. For the purposes of this section, "continuing care retirement community" means a facility that provides services, either at the same site or at another location including, but not limited to independent housing, day care, ambulatory care, and long-term health care to older persons not related by blood or marriage to the owner or operator of the facility under an agreement with the person effective for the life of the person or a specified period of time in excess of one year which guarantees or provides priority access to on-site health related long-term care services.
2. The provisions of sections 197.300 through 197.366 shall not apply to and a certificate of need shall not be required for any facility operating as a continuing care retirement community within this state.