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House approves changes to health facilities oversight, tightening nursing home recertification schedule
Summary
The Tennessee House passed Senate Bill 882 (substituted for House Bill 1141) to require more frequent nursing home recertifications and pursue a federal CMS waiver to change survey procedures; bill passed overwhelmingly after brief floor remarks.
The Tennessee House approved Senate Bill 882, carried in the House as House Bill 1141, on third and final consideration, directing the Health Facilities Commission to require nursing home recertifications no more than 15 months apart and to seek a procedural flexibility (described on the floor as a block grant waiver) from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The bill passed on a voice/counted vote with a recorded tally of 91 ayes…
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