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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
January 10, 2008 - Introduced by Representative Rhoades, cosponsored by
Senator Decker, by request of Governor James E. Doyle. Referred to
Committee on Aging and Long Term Care.
AB674,1,2
1An Act to amend 150.31 (1) (intro.) and 150.345 (1) (a) of the statutes;
relating
2to: the statewide nursing home bed cap and nursing home bed transfers.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the maximum number of licensed nursing home beds
statewide is 51,795. A nursing home may transfer a licensed bed to another nursing
home only under certain conditions, including if the transferring and receiving
nursing homes are within the same bed allocation area, as determined by the
Department of Health and Family Services, or if the receiving nursing home is
located in a county that adjoins the bed allocation area of the transferring nursing
home.
This bill reduces the statewide licensed nursing home bed cap to 42,000 beds
and changes the limitation on transferring a licensed bed from one nursing home to
another to require that the receiving nursing home be in the same bed allocation area
or in an adjoining area.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB674, s. 1
3Section
1. 150.31 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,2,7
1150.31
(1) (intro.) In order to enable the state to budget accurately for medical
2assistance and to allocate fiscal resources most appropriately, the maximum number
3of licensed nursing home beds statewide is
51,795
42,000 and the maximum number
4of beds statewide in facilities primarily serving the developmentally disabled is
53,704. The department may adjust these limits on licensed beds as provided in subs.
6(2) to (6). The department shall also biennially recommend changes to this limit
7based on the following criteria:
AB674, s. 2
8Section
2. 150.345 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,2,119
150.345
(1) (a) The receiving nursing home is within the same area for
10allocation of nursing home beds, as determined by the department, as is the
11transferring nursing home, or is in
a county an adjoining
that area.
