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Kansas House adopts conference committee report to allow SNF waivers for rural emergency hospitals and creates South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital
Summary
House Bill 2249 was adopted by the Kansas House; it authorizes limited physical‑environment waivers to allow up to 10 skilled nursing facility beds to remain at newly designated rural emergency hospitals and establishes the South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital and related fee funds and catchment areas.
The Kansas House on April 9 adopted the conference committee report on House Bill 2249, a measure that (1) authorizes the Secretary of the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) to grant physical‑environment waivers allowing up to 10 skilled nursing facility (SNF) beds to remain at newly designated rural emergency hospitals and (2) establishes the South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital with a fee fund to support completion, defines hospital…
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