Bill > S425

This bill aims to promote innovation in eldercare services by establishing a zero-interest loan trust fund to help nursing facilities convert to single-occupancy rooms or community-based residences. It also creates a program to incentivize nursing facilities to reduce bed capacity and establishes a hardship waiver program for certain facilities that face challenges in meeting regulatory requirements. Additionally, the bill requires the Executive Office of Health and Human Services to set Medicaid capital rates for construction projects that convert rooms with three or more residents to one- or two-bedded rooms at no less than the rate in effect on September 30, 2019.

Health and Social Services

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S425