Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to private pay per diem rates at nursing facilities
Sponsored by Rep. Thomas Gerhold (R)
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMarch 6, 2025
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by February 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Nursing homes would be limited in how much they can raise daily rates for people paying out of their own pockets. These price increases cannot go up faster than the official yearly inflation rate, and facilities can only change their rates once every 12 months. To follow these rules, nursing homes must send a list of their daily rates to the state every year.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to private pay per diem rates at nursing facilities. The bill defines “per diem rate” (per diem) as the daily rate a nursing facility (facility) charges a private pay individual to reside in the facility pursuant to a contract executed by the facility and the private pay individual. The bill prohibits facilities from increasing a per diem by a percentage greater than the percentage change in the consumer price index for all urban consumers for the last available 12-month period published in the federal register by the federal bureau of labor statistics. Facilities cannot change a per diem within months of establishing the per diem or more than once in a consecutive 12-month period. A facility is ineligible to renew its license unless the facility is in compliance with the bill. The bill requires the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing (DIAL) to adopt rules to implement the bill. The rules must include but not be limited to requiring facilities to submit a list of each per diem charged by the facility to DIAL on an annual basis in a format approved by DIAL that does not disclose the identity of any private pay individual. The bill applies to per diems established or renewed on or after the bill’s effective date.