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Chief Patron: Lucas
COPN Applications for High Occupancy Nursing Homes (language only)

Item 294 #2s

Item 294 #2s

Health And Human Resources
Health, Department of

Language
Page 263, after line 47, insert:
"E.  The Commissioner of the Department of Health shall issue a certificate of public need approving an application for up to a fifty percent increase in the number of licensed nursing home beds for each nursing home that has reported to Virginia Health Information an average annual occupancy rate of 99.0% or higher for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, provided the application is filed on or before December 1, 2008 and the approved additional nursing home beds are not operational prior to July 1, 2009."


Explanation
(This amendment requires the Department of Health to issue a certificate of public need for nursing homes that reported occupancy rates that average 99 percent in the last two fiscal years if the application is received prior to December 1, 2008 and the new beds are not operational until July 1, 2009.)