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Chief Patron: Houck
Request for Applications for 90 Nursing Facility Beds (language only)

Item 294 #1s

Item 294 #1s

Health And Human Resources
Health, Department of

Language
Page 263, after line 47, insert:
"E.1. Notwithstanding the provisions of §32.1-102.3:2 of the
Code of Virginia or the provisions of any current Request For Applications issued by the Commissioner of Health pursuant to §32.1-102.3:2 of the Code of Virginia, the Commissioner of Health shall issue a Request For Applications for 90 new nursing facility beds in Planning District 9 no later than October 1, 2008.
2. The Commissioner shall authorize and accept applications for such 90 nursing facility beds and may issue a certificate of public need for an increase of such 90 new beds in which nursing facility or extended care services are to be provided to establish a new facility within Planning District 9."


Explanation
(This language amendment requires the Commissioner of Health to issue a Request For Applications (RFA) for 90 new nursing facility beds in Planning District 9 (Culpeper, Orange, Madison, and Rappahannock Counties). While the Department of Health has indicated that approximately 135 new nursing home beds in the region are needed, an unexpected delay in a current project for a 30-bed expansion is delaying the issuance of a new RFA for 90 additional nursing home beds; the Department's regulations prevent the issuance of a new RFA until the current delays are resolved. There is no fiscal impact for the 2008-10 biennium, since the new facility will not be occupied until the next biennium.)