McKnight’s Senior Living February 13, 2024
Expanding access to telehealth is the goal of a proposed bill in South Dakota that would provide millions in funding for assisted living communities and nursing homes across the state to implement telemedicine technology and infrastructure.
SB 209 would dedicate $5 million in federal funding toward grants for long-term care operators to buy and install telemedicine technology and infrastructure.
The funding would come from the remaining $130 million of the state’s 2021 American Rescue Plan Act dollars. South Dakota received $974 million in federal funding through the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. All of the money must be appropriated by the end of this year and spent by the end of 2026.
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