Sec. 32.0245. NURSING HOME BEDS FOR CERTAIN FACILITIES TREATING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE    


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  • The department shall waive for a nursing facility a restriction imposed by state law on the authority to contract under the state Medicaid program for nursing home 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.