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2001 SESSION

01-0226

01/09

HOUSE BILL 643-FN

AN ACT extending the moratorium on new nursing home beds.

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill extends the moratorium on new nursing home beds from December 31, 2001 to June 30, 2003.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22mar01...0399h

26june01...1726CofC

01-0226

01/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

AN ACT extending the moratorium on new nursing home beds.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

253:1 Moratorium Extended. Amend RSA 151-C:4, III(a) to read as follows:

III.(a) No certificate of need shall be granted by the board for any nursing home, skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility or rehabilitation facility from the effective date of chapter 310, laws of 1995, department of health and human services reorganization act, through the period ending [December 31, 2001] June 30, 2003, except that a certificate of need [may] shall be issued for replacement or renovation of existing beds as necessary to meet life safety code requirements or to remedy deficiencies noted in a licensing inspection pursuant to RSA 151 or state survey and certification process pursuant to titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act.

253:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

(Approved: July 13, 2001)

(Effective Date: July 13, 2001)