§ 16-29-7-16 — Limitation of 100 new comprehensive care beds per year; small house health facility; failure to complete construction

(a) The commissioner or the commissioner's
designee 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.
(b) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee 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.
(c) A person that fails to complete construction and begin operation
of a small house health facility within twelve (12) months after the
commissioner's or the commissioner's designee'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.202-2018, SEC.8.