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AMENDMENT MEMO
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Memo published: January 12, 2024 Contact: Steve McCarthy, Senior Staff Attorney
2023 Senate Bill 155 Senate Substitute Amendment 1
2023 SENATE BILL 155
The bill modifies written notification requirements that apply to a nursing home or community-based
residential facility (CBRF) before it may relocate a resident. Specifically, the bill increases the amount of
written notice a nursing home or CBRF must provide to the resident and certain others from 30 days to
90 days.
Additionally, the bill requires that when terminating a contract with a provider that is a nursing home
or CBRF, a care management organization (CMO) must similarly provide at least 90 days’ written
notice of the termination to the provider and to the resident and others specified by the bill.
SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1
The substitute amendment instead requires that if a nursing home or CBRF that has residents who are
recipients of the family care benefit intends to terminate its contract with a CMO due to a decision to
change its type or level of services or the means of reimbursement it accepts, the nursing home or CBRF
must provide at least 60 days’ written notice before relocation to each resident who must be relocated,
as well as to the resident’s guardian, if any, and to a family member of the resident, if practicable, unless
the resident requests that notice to the family be withheld.
The bill also requires that when a CMO decides to move a resident due to a decision by a nursing home
or CBRF to change its type or level of services or the means of reimbursement accepted, the CMO must
provide at least 60 days’ written notice of the decision to move the resident to the resident, the
resident’s guardian, if any, and to a member of the resident’s family, if practicable, unless the resident
requests that notice to the family be withheld. However, the bill provides that this requirement does not
apply if a CMO seeks to move a resident for reasons related to facility closure, fraud, or resident health
or safety.
BILL HISTORY
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 was offered by Senator Cowles on November 27, 2023. On November
30, 2023, the Senate Committee on Health voted to recommend adoption of the amendment on a vote
of Ayes, 6; Noes, 0, and passage of the bill, as amended, on a vote of Ayes, 5; Noes, 1.
For a full history of the bill, visit the Legislature’s bill history page.
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