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Committee forwards bill to allow waiver for rural emergency hospitals to transition skilled-nursing beds
Summary
House Bill 2249 would require the Secretary for Aging and Disability Services to grant a waiver for qualifying rural emergency hospitals to transition skilled-nursing facility beds; the committee approved a minor technical amendment changing "1 year" to "12 months" and forwarded the bill by voice vote.
Jenna, committee staff, briefed the committee on House Bill 2249, describing it as a measure that "would require the Secretary for Aging and Disability Services to grant a waiver for rural emergency hospitals, who meet certain criteria to, waive the the, the skilled nursing facility. The transition the, skilled nursing facility beds at the rural emergency hospital."
The committee considered a technical amendment that replaced the phrase "1 year" with "12 months" to align language with other bills and added a paragraph break for clarity. Jenna explained the change was intended to reduce redundancies when similar bills are combined later in the process. The amendment was moved and seconded, approved by voice vote, and the committee then voted to pass the bill as amended; Senator Owens moved passage and Senator Clifford seconded. The bill passed out of committee by voice vote; no roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript.
Committee members concluded the meeting after the vote and adjourned.
