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MN SF3218
Bill
Status
Introduced
3/24/2016
Primary Sponsor
Carla Nelson
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AI Summary
- Amends eligibility criteria for hospitals to receive swing bed licenses, allowing hospitals with less than 65 beds to qualify if nursing homes within 50 miles maintain 96 percent or higher average occupancy rates over the past two years
- Excludes swing bed days classified as charity care or determined to have demonstrated inability to pay from the 2,000 annual swing bed day limit
- Requires critical access hospitals exceeding 2,000 swing bed days to document contact with skilled nursing facilities within 25 miles and sets a 24-hour response requirement for admission decisions
- Permits eligible hospitals to admit six additional swing bed patients per year beyond the 2,000-day limit without commissioner approval
- Allows health care systems in full compliance to allocate swing bed days among system hospitals, provided no hospital without an attached nursing home exceeds 2,000 days annually
Legislative Description
Swing bed approval modification
Last Action
Author added Rosen
4/7/2016
Committee Referrals
Health, Human Services and Housing3/24/2016
Full Bill Text
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