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Bill would let qualifying rural emergency hospitals convert up to 10 swing beds to skilled nursing beds
Summary
Senate Bill 82 would require the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services to grant physical-environment waivers allowing certain rural emergency hospitals to convert up to 10 swing beds into skilled nursing facility beds; proponents said the change would preserve local long-term care capacity in rural areas.
The House Health and Human Services Committee opened and closed a hearing on Senate Bill 82, which would create a statutory requirement for the Secretary for Aging and Disability Services to grant physical-environment waivers allowing certain rural emergency hospitals to convert up to 10 swing beds into skilled nursing facility beds.
The bill “requires the secretary for aging and disability services to grant physical environment waivers for certain rural emergency hospitals to provide skilled nursing facility care,” Revisor Carly (committee staff) told the committee, adding the measure mirrors House Bill 2249 and that “the bill passed the Senate 40 to 0 and would go into…
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