Sec. 17b-354b. Relocation of Medicaid certified nursing home beds. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 17b-354b. Relocation of Medicaid certified nursing home beds. The Commissioner of Social Services may approve the relocation of Medicaid certified nursing home beds from a licensed nursing home to a continuing care facility registered with the Department of Social Services in accordance with the provisions of section 17b-520 to 17b-535, inclusive, and may approve Medicaid participation for any such nursing home beds transferred to a continuing care facility as part of the approval of any such relocation, provided the relocation of beds complies with the requirements of subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 17b-354 and provided further that: (1) Beds are transferred and eliminated from existing four-bed rooms licensed prior to July 1, 1992; (2) the Medicaid per diem rate does not exceed the rate in place at the facility that is transferring beds, and increases in such rate are limited annually thereafter to any rate increase limits under section 17b-340; and (3) any such nursing home bed transfer is to a continuing care facility under the same ownership or a subsidiary of the nursing home transferring such bed.

      (P.A. 98-250, S. 28, 39.)

      History: P.A. 98-250 effective July 1, 1998.