Specifications include, but are not limited to: A total of 1,317 nursing facility beds are currently available for redistribution statewide. Proposals must be specific to meeting the long-term care needs of residents of South Dakota. Through the authorization of these additional beds from the Department of Health, providers shall provide additional long-term care nursing facility services in accordance with the following requirements. Proposals shall describe how they intend to meet each of the following requirements: 3.1 Any additional nursing facility beds received by long term care providers via this RFP process shall be housed in new or existing nursing facilities located in South Dakota. 3.2 Any additional nursing facility beds received by long term care providers via this RFP process shall be made operational as soon as possible, but no later than two (2) years from the date of the resulting contract or agreement. 3.3 Responding providers shall verify in the proposal that their nursing facility is Medicare-certified, Medicaidcertified, or both, or have skilled nursing services available on-site. The skilled services shall be part of the facility’s normal delivery of services. 3.4 The nursing facilities shall accept residents with complex medical conditions or increased levels of care requiring specialized equipment and/or increased staff resources. 3.5 The nursing facilities may not place any restriction on admissions as part of the facility’s admissions agreement, other than those allowed in ARSD article 44:73. 3.6 To the extent possible, the nursing facilities will dedicate all or a portion of the awarded beds to meet the identified special care needs in the respective community (see Section 4.4). 3.7 the nursing facilities shall meet all statutorily mandated occupancy rates within a reasonable timeframe, but no later than the end of the next state fiscal year after the additional beds are licensed. 3.8 The nursing facilities shall make a good faith effort to fully utilize the additional beds on a continuous basis in an effort to meet the identified need for additional long-term care services in South Dakota. Such good faith efforts shall continue until such time as the facility either voluntarily or involuntarily relinquishes its authority for those additional beds.
