Prohibition against bed banking by nursing care facilities for Medicaid reimbursement.

Utah Code § 26B-2-223, under Part 26B-2-2: Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection.

Utah Code § 26B-2-223

26B-2-223. Prohibition against bed banking by nursing care facilities for Medicaid reimbursement.

(1) As used in this section: " Bed banking" means the designation of a nursing care facility bed as not part of the facility's operational bed capacity. " Nursing care facility" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 26B-2-222

(2) Beginning July 1, 2008, the department shall, for purposes of Medicaid reimbursement under, prohibit the banking of nursing care facility beds. Chapter 3, Part 1, Health Care Assistance