Sec. 16. (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.
As added by P.L.202-2018, SEC.8.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 29. Limitations on Various Health Service Beds
Chapter 7. Certificate of Need for Comprehensive Care Health Facilities
16-29-7-2. "Comprehensive Care Bed"
16-29-7-3. "Comprehensive Care Health Facility"
16-29-7-4. "Total Comprehensive Care Bed Days Available at Comprehensive Care Health Facilities"
16-29-7-5. "Total Statewide Inpatient Days"
16-29-7-6. Establishment of Comprehensive Care Health Facility Certificate of Need Program
16-29-7-8. Calculation of State Comprehensive Care Bed Need Rate; Consultation
16-29-7-9. Calculation of the County Comprehensive Care Bed Need; Consultation
16-29-7-11. Develop and Review Applications for Certificate of Need; Applications
16-29-7-15. Approved Certificate of Need Validity of 18 Months; Void; Modification
16-29-7-17. Approved Certificate of Need Validity and Non Transferrable or Assignable