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Committee agrees to remove first sentence of nursing home emergency relief section after agency concern
Summary
The Division of Rate Setting asked the committee to strike a first sentence in a proposed section because it conflicted with established procedures; committee agreed to remove that sentence and preserve the reporting requirement that follows.
Senator Westman and committee staff reviewed language in a section addressing emergency financial relief for nursing homes.
Staff read from an administration letter noting that the Division of Rate Setting follows health care administrative rules when assessing nursing‑home emergency financial relief requests and that the proposed first sentence in the bill conflicted with established procedures. The division asked that the first sentence of subsection (a) be struck. Committee members agreed the first sentence could be removed and that the subsequent reporting requirement — which requires a report back by a specified date — should remain.
Committee members emphasized that the division has been administering emergency relief under existing rules for several years and has generally been successful; several senators said they did not want the bill’s language to interfere with an established administrative process.
Why it matters: The change preserves the division’s existing emergency financial relief process while retaining required legislative reporting on the program.
