Bill Summaries: H941 (2015-2016 Session)

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  • Summary date: Apr 20 2015 - View summary

    Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (Department) to conduct a pilot program, from July 1, 2016, to December 31, 2017, to exempt from certificate of need requirements licensed continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) seeking to establish a home health agency. Requires selecting no more than 10 licensed CCRCs of different sizes and in different geographic regions of the state and specifies criteria that participants must meet, including being a Medicare-certified facility.

    Sets out requirements that must be met by the selected CCRCs in order to qualify for an exemption from certificate of need requirements for the establishment of a home health agency under the pilot program. 

    Includes CCRC reporting requirements. Requires, by May 1, 2017, that the Department report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services and the Fiscal Research Division on the pilot program.