Bill Text - HB113 (2009)

(New Title) extending the moratorium on nursing home beds and rehabilitation beds.


Revision: Feb. 13, 2009, midnight

HB 113 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

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2009 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 113

AN ACT extending the moratorium on nursing home beds and rehabilitation beds.

SPONSORS: Rep. Wendelboe, Belk 1

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill extends the moratoriums on nursing home beds and rehabilitation beds until June 30, 2012.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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

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

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

III.(a) No new 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,] 2012. This moratorium shall also apply to new certificates of need regarding any rehabilitation bed in any type of facility, including rehabilitation hospitals and facilities offering comprehensive rehabilitation services. However, [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. In addition, a certificate of need may be issued for construction or renovation as necessary to repair or refurbish an existing facility, or to accommodate additional beds obtained by transfer to an existing facility. In the case of repair, refurbishment, or transferred beds, the resulting costs in excess of the current capital expenditure threshold as adjusted for inflation pursuant to RSA 151-C:5, II(f)(1) shall not be reflected in any state Medicaid rate.

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