Health Facilities Commission reports surge in complaints, requests $4M for licensure system and additional staff

At a Finance, Ways, and Means budget hearing, Logan Grant, executive director of the Tennessee Health Facilities Commission, told legislators the commission received a marked increase in complaint activity tied to federal changes and is seeking $4,000,000 nonrecurring to fund a new licensure system and additional staff to handle workload and reporting.

Grant said the commission is “presently piggybacking off of the Department of Health’s large system,” but that the Department of Health’s new system would not include functionality needed to regulate licensed health care facilities. He said the governor’s office funded two requests: the $4,000,000 for a new licensure system and positions for accounting support that will be housed in the Division of Accounts at the Department of Finance and Administration to…