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2010 SESSION

10100319D
HOUSE BILL NO. 148
Offered January 13, 2010
Prefiled January 5, 2010
A BILL to require the Commissioner of Health to accept applications and to authorize the Commissioner to issue certificates of public need for certain nursing home beds.
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Patrons-- O'Bannon and McQuinn
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Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  § 1. Notwithstanding (i) the provisions of §§ 32.1-102.3 and 32.1-102.3:2 of the Code of Virginia, (ii) any regulations of the Board of Health establishing standards for the approval and issuance of Requests for Applications, and (iii) any current Requests for Applications issued pursuant to § 32.1-102.3:2 of the Code of Virginia, the Commissioner of Health shall accept and review applications and may issue certificates of public need for the addition of up to 10 Medicaid-eligible nursing home beds for a nursing home that is operated not for profit, that is located in Planning District 15 but accepts patients from areas of the Commonwealth outside of the planning district, and that provides care for patients regardless of ability to pay.