HB 1854 - DIGEST
(SEE ALSO PROPOSED 1ST SUB)

Requires the state health care authority to: (1) Actively monitor and enforce contractors' responsibility to coordinate the timely and appropriate transition of enrollees to skilled nursing facility care when it is determined to be more appropriate than acute hospital care; and

(2) Conduct a survey of skilled nursing facilities to identify barriers in the facilities accepting and admitting enrollees from acute care hospitals in a timely and appropriate manner.