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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5537 | ||||||
| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5537, on page 1, by | ||||||
| 3 | replacing lines 9 through 15 with the following: | ||||||
| 4 | "(a) General review criteria shall include a requirement | ||||||
| 5 | that all health care facilities, including nursing homes | ||||||
| 6 | operated by a county, but otherwise with the exception of | ||||||
| 7 | skilled and intermediate long-term care facilities licensed | ||||||
| 8 | under the Nursing Home Care Act, provide a Safety Net Impact | ||||||
| 9 | Statement, which shall be filed with an application for a | ||||||
| 10 | substantive project or when the application proposes to | ||||||
| 11 | discontinue a category of service. A Safety Net Impact | ||||||
| 12 | Statement shall also be filed with an application to change | ||||||
| 13 | ownership of a nursing home operated by a county."; and | ||||||
| 14 | on page 2, by replacing line 4 with "mental health centers, and | ||||||
| 15 | nursing homes operated by a county."; and | ||||||
| 16 | on page 3, by replacing lines 11 through 13 with "Nursing homes | ||||||
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| 1 | operated by a county shall also provide the number of the | ||||||
| 2 | facility's Medicaid and Medicare certified beds for the 3 | ||||||
| 3 | fiscal years prior to the application."; and | ||||||
| 4 | on page 4, by replacing lines 13 through 22 with the following: | ||||||
| 5 | "replies, if any, that were filed. | ||||||
| 6 | The State Board Staff Report shall also include a | ||||||
| 7 | statement of findings about an application's safety net impact | ||||||
| 8 | when the application: | ||||||
| 9 | (1) proposes a substantive project at a nursing home | ||||||
| 10 | operated by a county; | ||||||
| 11 | (2) includes a change of ownership of a nursing home | ||||||
| 12 | currently operated by a county; or | ||||||
| 13 | (3) proposes to discontinue services at a nursing home | ||||||
| 14 | operated by a county. | ||||||
| 15 | The findings shall be considered when determining whether | ||||||
| 16 | an application fulfills the public interest requirements of | ||||||
| 17 | this Act."; and | ||||||
| 18 | on page 10, by replacing lines 9 through 12 with the following: | ||||||
| 19 | "If the home was erected after referendum approval by the | ||||||
| 20 | voters of the county, the county nursing home may be leased | ||||||
| 21 | upon the vote of a 3/5 majority of all the members of the | ||||||
| 22 | board.". | ||||||