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Senate to reimburse nursing homes annually.

March 18, 2004
By: Lindsay Shively
State Capital Bureau

The Senate passed a bill Thursday that would recalculate reimbursements for nursing homes. Lindsay Shively has the story.

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Senate Majority Leader Mike Gibbons sponsored the bill to annually recalculate reimbursements to nursing homes. The bill passed without opposition but only after Gibbons responded to questions. Columbia Sen. Ken Jacob says he is concerned about the effects this bill could have on in-home health care.

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Contents: The employment pool for nursing homes and in-home health care is the same. If you give more money to nursing homes, are the number of employees for in-home health care going to decrease?

Gibbons reached a compromise with opponents by saying he will pursue these issues further when presenting the bill to the House. From the state Capitol, I'm Lindsay Shively.