In the Senate since February 19, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 288
AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES' RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING EXCEPTIONS TO THE NURSING HOME BED MORATORIUM, NURSING HOME RESIDENT DATA AND NURSING HOME REIMBURSEMENT RATE CAPS FOR RELATED PARTY EMPLOYEES.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To (1) authorize additional nursing home beds in certain geographic areas of the state under certain conditions, (2) require licensed nursing homes to submit resident data to the Commissioner of Social Services in a timely fashion to ensure proper calculation of reimbursement rates, and (3) authorize the commissioner not to include related parties as employees when considering costs of a nursing home in rate determinations.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
1 co-sponsor
In the House of Representatives
3 co-sponsors
Its course
February 19 to March 23, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the Senate Feb 19 – Mar 5
- Feb 19Introduced and sent to Aging Committee
- Feb 20Heard in Aging Committee
- Mar 5Aging Committee recommended it
All 9 actions, as published
- Feb 19REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Feb 20PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Mar 5Joint FavorableBoth houses
- Mar 5FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
- Mar 16REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
- Mar 23RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
- Mar 23FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
- Mar 23SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
- Mar 23FILE NO.Both houses