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DSS backs targeted exceptions to nursing‑home bed moratorium; providers urge careful rate and audit language
Summary
DSS said SB 288 would allow limited exceptions to the 1991 nursing‑home moratorium in narrowly defined circumstances and would strengthen audit tools; provider groups and advocates supported targeted openings but raised concerns about MDS audit changes and proposed rate recalibration safeguards.
Deputy Commissioner Shantel Vars and DSS fiscal manager Nicole Godburn described Senate Bill 288 as a narrowly tailored way to preserve local access to nursing‑home services while preserving decades‑old rightsizing and rebalancing policies. Godburn said the statute’s goal is to keep residents in their communities (current statute uses a 15‑mile access standard) and…
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