Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

S.B. 199 First Substitute (2016GS)

Sponsor

Sen. Shiozawa, B.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/28/2016

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Gary R. Herbert

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• creates a pilot program for a small health care facility to operate up to 16 skilled nursing facility beds without obtaining Medicaid bed certification;
• describes the purposes of the pilot program;
• requires the facility that participates in the pilot program to report health outcomes to the Legislature's Health and Human Services Interim Committee; and
• establishes requirements for a facility to participate in the pilot program.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

SKILLED NURSING FACILITY AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Brian E. Shiozawa
House Sponsor: 
Michael S. Kennedy
Cosponsor:
Curtis S. Bramble
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill permits a small health care facility to operate a skilled nursing facility under
certain circumstances.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ creates a pilot program for a small health care facility to operate up to 16 skilled
nursing facility beds without obtaining Medicaid bed certification;
▸ describes the purposes of the pilot program;
▸ requires the facility that participates in the pilot program to report health outcomes
to the Legislature's Health and Human Services Interim Committee; and
▸ establishes requirements for a facility to participate in the pilot program.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
26-21-23
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 60
ENACTS:
26-21-28
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
26-21-23
 is amended to read:
26-21-23.
Licensing of non-Medicaid nursing care facility beds.
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 
26-21-2
, for purposes of this section
"nursing care facility" and "small health care facility":
(a) mean the following facilities licensed by the department under this chapter:
(i) skilled nursing homes;
(ii) intermediate care facilities; or
(iii) small health care facilities with four to 16 beds functioning as a skilled nursing
home; and
(b) does not mean:
(i) an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded;
(ii) a critical access hospital that meets the criteria of 42 U.S.C. 1395i-4(c)(2) (1998);
(iii) a small health care facility that is hospital based; or
(iv) a small health care facility other than a skilled nursing home with 16 beds or less.
(2) Except as provided in Subsection (5) 
and Section 
26-21-28
, a new nursing care
facility shall be approved for a health facility license only if the applicant proves to the division
that:
(a) the facility will be Medicaid certified under the provisions of Section 
26-18-503
;
(b) the facility will have at least 100 beds; or
(c) (i) the facility's projected Medicare inpatient revenues do not exceed 49% of the
facility's revenues;
(ii) the facility has identified projected non-Medicare inpatient revenue sources; and
(iii) the non-Medicare inpatient revenue sources identified in this Subsection (2)(c)(iii)
will constitute at least 51% of the revenues as demonstrated through an independently certified
feasibility study submitted and paid for by the facility and provided to the division.
(3) The division may not approve the addition of licensed beds in an existing nursing
care facility unless the nursing care facility satisfies the criteria established in Subsection (2).
(4) The department may make rules to administer and enforce this part in accordance
with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.
(5) The provisions of Subsection (2) do not apply to a nursing care facility that has:
(a) filed an application with the department and paid all applicable fees to the
department on or before February 28, 2007; and
(b) submitted to the department the working drawings, as defined by the department by
administrative rule, on or before July 1, 2008.
Section 2. Section 
26-21-28
 is enacted to read:
 26-21-28.
Pilot program for managed care model with a small health care facility
operating as a skilled nursing facility.
(1) Notwithstanding the requirement for Medicaid certification under Chapter 18, Part
5, Long Term Care Facility - Medicaid Certification, and Section 
26-21-23
, a small health care
facility with four to 16 beds, functioning as a skilled nursing facility, may be approved for
licensing by the department as a pilot program in accordance with this section, and without
obtaining Medicaid certification for the beds in the facility.
(2) (a) The department shall establish one pilot program with a facility that meets the
qualifications under Subsection (3). The purpose of the pilot program is to study the impact of
an integrated managed care model on cost and quality of care involving pre- and post-surgical
services offered by a small health care facility operating as a skilled nursing facility.
(b) The small health care facility that is operating as a skilled nursing facility and is
participating in the pilot program, shall, on or before November 30, 2020, issue a report to the
Legislative Health and Human Services Interim Committee on patient outcomes and cost of
care associated with the pilot program.
(3) A small health care facility with four to 16 beds that functions as a skilled nursing
facility may apply for a license under the pilot program if the facility will:
(a) be located in:
(i) a county of the second class that has at least 1,800 square miles within the county;
and
(ii) a city of the fifth class; and
(b) limit a patient's stay in the facility to no more than 10 days.