HB2678 - Tennessee - Hospitals And Health Care Facilities

Companion Bill SB2615. Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - Revises definition of "assisted-care living facility" and removes prohibition on certain waivers by the board for licensing health care facilities. - Amends TCA Title 68. Fiscal Summary for HB2678 / *SB2615MINIMAL Bill Summary for HB2678 / *SB2615 PRESENT LAW Under present law, a facility is considered an "assisted-care living facility" and subject to regulation if it is a building, establishment, complex or distinct part thereof that accepts primarily aged persons for domiciliary care and provides on site to its residents, room, board, non-medical living assistance services appropriate to the residents' respective needs, and medical services as prescribed by each resident's treating physician, subject to the following limitations: (1) To the extent not covered by a physician's [...]

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