Bill Text: MA S2256 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act relative to reserving beds in nursing homes during certain leaves of absence.
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-28 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing [S2256 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S2256-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
In the Year Two Thousand and Nine.
AN ACT RELATIVE TO RESERVING BEDS IN NURSING HOMES DURING CERTAIN LEAVES OF ABSENCE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Court assembled,
SECTION 1. Section 14A of chapter 118E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraphs:
In the event that a nursing facility resident who is a MassHealth recipient enters a hospital, the division shall pay to preserve his or her bed in the nursing facility for a period of up to 10 days. The division shall reimburse the nursing facility for the medical leave of absence, which shall include an observation stay in a hospital in excess of 24 hours.
In the event a MassHealth member is residing in a nursing facility and requests a nonmedical leave of absence to move to a less restrictive environment, the division shall pay to preserve his or her bed in the facility for a period of up to 15 days. For any other nonmedical leave of absence, the facility shall preserve the bed for a period of up to 10 days.
