FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to require the Department of Health and Department of Social Services to make an annual report to the Legislature regarding the condition of long-term health care in South Dakota.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
    Section 1. That chapter 34-12 be amended by adding a NEW SECTION to read:

    The Department of Health and the Department of Social Services shall, before the fourth Tuesday in January of each year, submit a written report to and testify before the Senate and House standing committees on health and human services concerning the current and projected long-term health care facility needs across the state. The written report and testimony shall describe the following activities of each department for the previous calendar year:

            (1)    The current and projected future need for additional nursing facility beds and nursing facilities;

            (2)    The number of nursing facility beds available for redistribution and the number of nursing facility beds redistributed pursuant to this chapter;

            (3)    Any recommendations relating to nursing facility regulation or other long-term care

issues; and

            (4)    Other information requested by the committee or other information that the department deems appropriate to provide to the committees.