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Bill Title: As introduced, clarifies that the department of health, through the board for licensing health care facilities, has the authority to place nursing homes on probation for noncompliance; clarifies that documentation is required to show that community-based alternatives to long-term care are not desired by an individual or the individual's legal representative prior to nursing facility admission. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11 and Title 71, Chapter 5.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-06 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S.GW,H&HR Comm. [SB0455 Detail]

Download: Tennessee-2009-SB0455-Draft.pdf

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