House Bill NO. 834

By Senator(s) Burton

AMEND by adding the following language after line 1651:

(f) The department shall issue a certificate of need to a 134-bed specialty hospital located on 29.44 commercial acres at 5900 Hwy. 39 North in Meridian (Lauderdale County), Mississippi, for the addition, construction or expansion of child/adolescent psychiatric residential beds in Lauderdale County. For purposes of this subparagraph, the provisions of Section 41-7-193(1) requiring substantial compliance with the projection of need as reported in the current State Health Plan are waived. The total number of child/adolescent psychiatric residential beds that may be authorized under the authority of this subparagraph shall be seventy-five (75) beds. There shall be no prohibition or restrictions on participation in the Medicaid program (Section 43-13-101 et seq.) for the person receiving the certificate of need authorized under this subparagraph or for the beds converted pursuant to the authority of that certificate of need, except that the cost of Medicaid reimbursement for nursing facility beds of such facility shall be at least Ten Dollars ($10.00) per day less than the cost of nursing facility care for such recipients in out-of-state facilities.

TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF NEED FOR ADDITIONAL ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY BEDS IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI;