Prohibits the public health and health planning council and the commissioner of health from approving for-profit nursing homes.
This bill amends the public health law to prohibit the public health and health planning council and the commissioner of health from approving the establishment, incorporation, construction, or increase in capacity of for-profit nursing homes. The prohibition does not apply to facilities that were established, incorporated, or approved for construction as for-profit nursing homes before the effective date of this section. The bill defines "for-profit nursing home" as a nursing home owned or operated, in whole or in part, by a for-profit entity.
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