26-18-502 - Purpose -- Medicaid certification of nursing care facilities. - Utah Statutes

26-18-502. Purpose -- Medicaid certification of nursing care facilities.
(1) The Legislature finds:
(a) that an oversupply of nursing care facility programs in the state adversely affects thestate Medicaid program and the health of the people in the state; and
(b) it is in the best interest of the state to prohibit Medicaid certification of nursing carefacility programs, except as authorized by this part.
(2) Medicaid reimbursement of nursing care facility programs is limited to:
(a) the number of nursing care facility programs with Medicaid certification as of May 4,2004; and
(b) additional nursing care facility programs approved for Medicaid certification underthe provisions of Subsection 26-18-503(5).
(3) The division shall not:
(a) except as authorized by Section 26-18-503:
(i) process initial applications for Medicaid certification or execute provider agreementswith nursing care facility programs; or
(ii) reinstate Medicaid certification for a nursing care facility whose certification expiredor was terminated by action of the federal or state government; or
(b) execute a Medicaid provider agreement with a certified program that moves itsnursing care facility program to a different physical facility, except as authorized by Subsection26-18-503(3).

Enacted by Chapter 215, 2004 General Session