Bill
No.: SF0070 Drafter:
MRW
LSO
No.: 06LSO-0364 Effective Date:
Enrolled
Act No.: SEA0044
Chapter
No.: 56
Prime
Sponsor: Senator Peck
Catch
Title: Nursing care facility construction-2.
Subject: Amending the construction area
for nursing care facilities.
Summary/Major
Elements:
- The
construction of new nursing care facilities is limited under current law,
with requirements for minimum occupancy of current beds in order to
construct new facilities. This
bill amends two of those requirements:
- The
definition of construction area for nursing care facilities is changed
from a 30 mile radius to 30 highway miles.
- The
minimum occupancy requirement is clarified to be based upon an average of
all beds in the construction area (85% in the area).