(Doc Name h:\legwork\house\amend\H-WM\004\NURSING HOME PERMITS.DOCX):
EXPLANATION: Suspends provisions of Medicaid Nursing Home bed day requirements.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 89, GENERAL
PROVISIONS, page 520, after line 27, by adding an appropriately
numbered paragraph to read:
/(GP: Nursing Home Permit Laws) For the current fiscal
year the Department of Health and Environmental Control shall
suspend enforcement of certain provisions of the Medicaid
Nursing Home Permit Law as required by Sections 44-7-80,
44-7-82, 44-7-84 ,44-7-88 , and 44-7-90. The Department of
Health and Environmental Control shall not penalize or fine a
facility which has provided fewer Medicaid patient days than
allowable under the Medicaid Permit Program. The department may
not transfer or add additional days to any facility during
fiscal year 2011-2012. Should the Department of Health and Human
Services decrease the number of days available to the Department
of Health and Environmental Control, they shall proportionately
decrease the authorized Medicaid days for each nursing home.
Should additional days be authorized, they shall be restored in
the same manner. Section 44-7-88 is hereby suspended for fiscal
year 2011-2012. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
nursing homes may discharge a resident due to payment source and
Medicaid permit requirements.
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.