Raised S.B. No. 288
Session Year 2026
AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES' RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING EXCEPTIONS TO THE NURSING HOME BED MORATORIUM, NURSING HOME RESIDENT DATA AND NURSING HOME REIMBURSEMENT RATE CAPS FOR RELATED PARTY EMPLOYEES.
To (1) authorize additional nursing home beds in certain geographic areas of the state under certain conditions, (2) require licensed nursing homes to submit resident data to the Commissioner of Social Services in a timely fashion to ensure proper calculation of reimbursement rates, and (3) authorize the commissioner not to include related parties as employees when considering costs of a nursing home in rate determinations.
