South Dakota currently prohibits new nursing facilities unless they replace existing ones and meet strict requirements like eliminating safety hazards or complying with state standards. This bill expands those allowable reasons to include improving operations, increasing services, and consolidating with other health care providers. The bill makes it easier for nursing facilities to build replacements by adding these new justifications to the existing list of approved reasons.
Signed by the Governor S.J. 558
Delivered to the Governor S.J. 522
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 583
Signed by the President S.J. 475
House of Representatives Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0. H.J. 524
Health and Human Services Do Pass Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 0.
Health and Human Services Scheduled for hearing
House of Representatives Referred to House Health and Human Services H.J. 433
First Reading House H.J. 298
Senate Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 0. S.J. 232
Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0.
Commerce and Energy Motion to amend
Commerce and Energy Scheduled for hearing
First read in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce and Energy S.J. 116
Jean Hunhoff
Prime sponsor · Rep.
R
Wayne Steinhauer
Prime sponsor · Sen.
R
Cosponsors
Do Pass Amended
Health and Human Services — Do Pass
Do Pass Amended
Commerce and Energy — Do Pass Amended