HB 199

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 2026 Regular Session
  ACT No. 136
 HOUSE BILL NO. 199
 BY REPRESENTATIVES MILLER AND CHASSION
1AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 40:2116.1(B)(1), relative to the moratorium on nursing facilities;
3to provide for a termination date; and to provide for related matters.
4 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5Section 1. R.S. 40:2116.1(B)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
6§2116.1. Nursing facilities; facility need review; moratorium; exceptions
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8B.(1)(a) There shall be a moratorium on nursing facilities and additional
9beds for nursing facilities which shall be in effect until July 1, 2027 July 1, 2031.
10(b) The department shall collect and analyze data to assess the continued
11necessity of the nursing facility moratorium.
12(i) Beginning January 1, 2027, the department shall collect, at a minimum,
13the following information monthly from all licensed hospitals in Louisiana:
14(aa) The number of avoidable skilled nursing days occurring in hospitals.
15(bb) An accounting of the reasons why such days were avoidable.
16(ii) Beginning January 1, 2027, the department shall collect, at a minimum,
17the following information monthly from all licensed nursing facilities in Louisiana:
18(aa) The staffed licensed bed capacity of the nursing facility, as well as total
19occupancy, delineated by payor source.
20(bb) The number of denials or refusals to admit patients who are eligible for
21nursing facility care and the reasons for any denials or refusals.
22(c) The department may provide or mandate a template, form, or system for
23the collection of information.
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1(d) The department shall submit the following reports to include the data
2collected and analysis required pursuant to Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph to the
3House and Senate committees on health and welfare:
4(i) A quarterly report on the fifteenth of October, January, April, and July of
5each year to include the data and analysis from the prior quarter. The first quarterly
6report shall be submitted on April 15, 2027.
7(ii) An annual report to include data and analysis from the prior calendar
8year. The first annual report shall be submitted on March 1, 2028, and submitted
9annually on March first of each subsequent year.
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  SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
  GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
 APPROVED:
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