NURSING FACILITY BEDS FOR CERTAIN FACILITIES TREATING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

The commission shall waive for a nursing facility a restriction imposed by state law on the authority to contract under the state Medicaid program for nursing facility beds based on the percentage of beds that are occupied in a geographical area if the facility:

(1) is affiliated with a medical school operated by the state;

(2) is participating in a research program for the care and treatment of persons with Alzheimer's disease; and

(3) is designed to separate and treat Alzheimer's disease by stage or functional level. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 841, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219 ), Sec. 4.085, eff. April 2, 2015.