Bill Text - HB113 (2009)

Extending the moratorium on nursing home beds.


Revision: Jan. 12, 2009, midnight

HB 113 – AS INTRODUCED

2009 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 113

AN ACT extending the moratorium on nursing home beds.

SPONSORS: Rep. Wendelboe, Belk 1

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill extends the moratorium on nursing home beds until June 30, 2013.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine

AN ACT extending the moratorium on nursing home beds.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Certificate of Need; Nursing Home Beds; Moratorium Extended. Amend RSA 151-C:4, III(a) to read as follows:

III.(a) No certificate of need shall be granted by the board for any nursing home, skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility, or rehabilitation facility from the effective date of chapter 310, laws of 1995, department of health and human services reorganization act, through the period ending June 30, [2009] 2013, except that a certificate of need shall be issued for replacement or renovation of existing beds as necessary to meet life safety code requirements or to remedy deficiencies noted in a licensing inspection pursuant to RSA 151 or state survey and certification process pursuant to titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.