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SD Legislative Committee Continues Work to Find Needed Nursing Home Beds

SD Legislative Committee Continues Work to Find Needed Nursing Home Beds

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The “Regulation of Nursing Home and Assisted Living Beds” interim committee of the South Dakota legislature meets today in Pierre.
The committee has been studying the number of those beds available in the state, and associated costs.
Committee member, Senator Bill Shorma of Dakota Dunes, says they refined their focus…..

Several members of the committee toured nursing homes in their areas. Shorma says he was surprised…..

Shorma says there is always a need for more money….

Shorma says he expects the committee to come up with some legislative recommendations later this fall.

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