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Health Commission holds Proposition Q hearing as CPMC proposes to realign skilled nursing beds
Summary
CPMC told the Health Commission it will realign skilled nursing facility (SNF) beds across four campuses and operate 75 staffed SNF beds; nurses, unions and community groups called the changes closures and urged the commission to find a detrimental impact. The commission requested more data and scheduled a second hearing for July 15.
The Health Commission held the first of two required Proposition Q hearings after California Pacific Medical Center notified the city it planned to realign skilled nursing facility beds across its campuses, a plan CPMC says preserves overall services while opponents called it a reduction in access that will harm San Francisco residents.
Deputy Director Colleen Chavla explained the Prop Q process and gave the master plan context: San Francisco currently has licensed capacity of roughly 212 SNF beds across the CPMC system but typically staffs far fewer; CPMC reported 99 staffed beds in recent months and said it proposes to staff 75 beds…
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