The Legislature finds that in certain areas there is a need for nursing and convalescent homes for persons who are indigent. It is the purpose of this section to provide authorization for the construction of the homes, so that public medical assistance may be provided, under the state’s medical assistance programs, for indigent persons.
The office may issue a certificate of need upon application by a chartered nonprofit corporation, for a nursing and convalescent home that provides or makes available medical care for indigent persons, to be constructed under the Mortgage Insurance Program of the Federal Housing Administration.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1996.)