1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; extending approval for a nursing
1.3 	facility moratorium exception proposal approved under
1.4 	the competitive exception process; amending Minnesota
1.5 	Statutes 2004, section 144A.073, by adding a
1.6 	subdivision.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 144A.073, is
1.9 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
1.10 		Subd. 10a.Extension of approval for a facility in
1.11 	bloomington. Notwithstanding subdivisions 3 and 10, the
1.12 	commissioner of health shall extend project approval for an
1.13 	additional 24 months for an exception to the nursing facility
1.14 	licensure and certification moratorium proposed by a nursing
1.15 	facility with 268 skilled nursing beds in the city of
1.16 	Bloomington and originally approved by the commissioner in
1.17 	December 2002.