April 16, 2019      5:18 PM

Senate Finance hears bipartisan reform of nursing home financing

Some nursing homes say they can “no longer compete with fast food restaurants and local convenience stores”

A bill aimed to increase the quality of Texas’ nursing homes was in the Senate Finance Committee this week. Senate Bill 1050, called the Texas Nursing Home Quality Act, by Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, increases funding for the state’s nursing home facilities.

Texas nursing home care is the worst in the nation, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, due to chronic underfunding and a high staff turnover rate.

“This bill creates a method of finance that allows Texas to draw down federal dollars directed to nursing home care and ties all the funding to improving quality outcomes,” Sen. Hughes said.

By James Russell

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