HB5537ham001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Yolonda Morris

Filed: 3/15/2024

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5537

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5537, on page 1, by replacing lines 9 through 15 with the following:

"(a) General review criteria shall include a requirement that all health care facilities, including nursing homes operated by a county, but otherwise with the exception of skilled and intermediate long-term care facilities licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act, provide a Safety Net Impact Statement, which shall be filed with an application for a substantive project or when the application proposes to discontinue a category of service. A Safety Net Impact Statement shall also be filed with an application to change ownership of a nursing home operated by a county."; and

on page 2, by replacing line 4 with "mental health centers, and nursing homes operated by a county."; and

on page 3, by replacing lines 11 through 13 with "Nursing homes operated by a county shall also provide the number of the facility's Medicaid and Medicare certified beds for the 3 fiscal years prior to the application."; and

on page 4, by replacing lines 13 through 22 with the following: "replies, if any, that were filed.

The State Board Staff Report shall also include a statement of findings about an application's safety net impact when the application:

(1) proposes a substantive project at a nursing home operated by a county;

(2) includes a change of ownership of a nursing home currently operated by a county; or

(3) proposes to discontinue services at a nursing home operated by a county.

The findings shall be considered when determining whether an application fulfills the public interest requirements of this Act."; and

on page 10, by replacing lines 9 through 12 with the following:

"If the home was erected after referendum approval by the voters of the county, the county nursing home may be leased upon the vote of a 3/5 majority of all the members of the board.".