§ 16-28-2.5-7 — Small house health facilities; application; approval

Indiana § 16-28-2.5-7

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 16: HEALTH
• Art. 28: HEALTH FACILITIES
• Ch. 2.5: Licensure and Certification Limitations

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(a) A small house health facility that is
applying for licensure under this article, including an entity related to
the small house health facility through common ownership or control,
may apply to the state department for licensure or Medicaid
certification of not more than fifty (50) comprehensive care beds for
small house health facilities per year.
(b) The state department may not approve licensure or Medicaid
certification of more than one hundred (100) new comprehensive care
beds per year that are designated for small house health facilities.
(c) The state department shall approve an application for licensure
or Medicaid certification for a small house health facility:
(1) in the order of the completed application date; and
(2) if the small house health facility applicant meets the definition
of a small house health facility and the requirements of this
section.
(d) A person that fails to complete construction and begin operation
of a small house health facility within twelve (12) months after the state
department's approval of a license under this article forfeits the person's
right to any licensed or Medicaid certified comprehensive care bed that
was previously approved by the state department if:
(1) another person has applied to the state department for
approval of licensed or Medicaid certified comprehensive care
beds for a small house health facility; and
(2) the person's application was denied for the sole reason that the
maximum number of Medicaid licensed or certified
comprehensive care beds specified in this section has been
approved by the state department.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.257-2015, SEC.4.