Adopted

AMENDMENT NO 2 TO SUBSTITUTE NO 1 FOR COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

House Bill No. 1202

BY: Senator(s) Robertson

     AMEND by inserting the following paragraphs after line 754 and renumber:

          (*)  The State Department of Health shall authorize the transfer and relocation of nursing facility beds licensed to Hotel Reed Nursing Center in Hancock County under License Number 452 as follows:  the ninety-eight (98) licensed beds shall be transferred to Jackson County for the construction of the facility authorized under this paragraph (*).  The certificate of need for said transfers shall be issued by the State Department of Health within ten (10) working days of submission of the application therefor.  If the certificate of need is not issued within this period, it shall be considered issued by action of law.  The department shall issue a certificate of need for the new construction, addition or conversion of skilled nursing facility beds in Jackson County, for the ninety-eight (98) licensed beds transferred from Hancock County, plus an additional twenty-two (22) beds for the same facility for a total not to exceed one hundred twenty (120) beds.  There shall be no restriction on the location of the facility within the county.  For purposes of this paragraph (*), the provisions of Section 41-7-193(1) requiring substantial compliance with the projection of need as reported in the current State Health Plan and the provisions of Section 41-7-197 requiring a formal certificate of need hearing process are waived.  There shall be no prohibition or restrictions on participation in the Medicaid program for the person receiving the certificate of need authorized under this paragraph (*).

          (*)  The department shall issue a certificate of need for the new construction, addition or conversion of skilled nursing facility beds in Lamar County, not to exceed twenty (20) additional beds to be added to an existing 40-bed certificate of need in Lamar County which has been issued but for which the beds have not been licensed, for a total not to exceed sixty (60) beds.  There shall be no restriction on the location of the facility within the county.  For purposes of this paragraph (*), the provisions of Section 41-7-193(1) requiring substantial compliance with the projection of need as reported in the current State Health Plan and the provisions of Section 41-7-197 requiring a formal certificate of need hearing process are waived.  There shall be no prohibition or restrictions on participation in the Medicaid program for the person receiving the certificate of need authorized under this paragraph (*).

          (*)  The department shall issue a certificate of need for the new construction, addition or conversion of skilled nursing facility beds in Stone County, not to exceed forty (40) beds to be added to an existing 20-bed certificate of need for Alzheimer patients that is currently licensed in Stone County, for a total not to exceed sixty (60) beds.  Such beds shall not be required to be qualified to serve Alzheimer patients.  For purposes of this paragraph (*), the provisions of Section 41-7-193(1) requiring substantial compliance with the projection of need as reported in the current State Health Plan and the provisions of Section 41-7-197 requiring a formal certificate of need hearing process are waived.  There shall be no prohibition or restrictions on participation in the Medicaid program for the person receiving the certificate of need authorized under this paragraph (*).

     FURTHER, AMEND the title amendment by inserting the following after the semicolon on line 28:

TO DIRECT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO TRANSFER CERTAIN NURSING FACILITY BEDS FROM HANCOCK COUNTY TO JACKSON COUNTY AND TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF NEED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW NURSING FACILITY IN JACKSON COUNTY; TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF NEED FOR NURSING FACILITY BEDS IN LAMAR COUNTY TO BE ADDED TO AN EXISTING CERTIFICATE OF NEED; TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF NEED FOR NURSING FACILITY BEDS IN STONE COUNTY TO BE ADDED TO AN EXISTING CERTIFICATE OF NEED;