Bill > H641

This bill establishes a process for long-term care facilities to maintain beds out of service upon request, including beds in open facilities and all beds in previously closed facilities. The Department of Public Health will be required to promulgate rules and regulations for the request and approval process for beds out of service under circumstances other than those taken out of service due to a determination of need or for the completion of a plan of correction. The bill specifies that beds out of service may be the subject of transfer of ownership and determination of need filings, and defines "beds out of service" as those that are part of or all of the licensed capacity of a facility, but are currently not occupied, staffed, or physically available for occupancy.

Health and Social Services

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H641