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2022 RFP to Provide Additional Long-Term Care Nursing Facility Capacity in SD
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SB 61 from the 2019 legislative session provided that if an existing nursing facility ceases operation, the authorized beds from that existing facility will be held available by the Department of Health for eighteen months from the closure date and shall be available for use by an entity licensed to operate a nursing facility. There are currently 484 beds available due to the closure of Monument Health Custer Care Center (76 beds) effective closure February 10, 2022, Avantara Ipswich (59 beds) effective closure June 1, 2022, Good Samaritan Society Lennox (64 beds) effective closure July 15, 2022, Good Samaritan Society Deuel County (75 beds) effective closure July 15, 2022, Avantara Salem (63 beds) effective closure October 1, 2022, Avantara Armour (45 beds) effective closure October 1, 2022, Prairie Estates Care Center Elk Point (50 beds), effective closure January 14, 2023,and Avantara Arlington (52 beds), effective closure February 7, 2023. Questions or inquiries may be sent to Cassie Deffenbaugh.
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2022 Nursing Facility Moratorium Report (updated 12/16/22)
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