Bed tax for nursing homes may rise in state | Daily Chronicle

That is $2,400 a year which a paying patient has to pay.

All licensed nursing homes already pay $1.50 per bed per day, Claffey said. The new tax would add $6.07 on top of that, but only to occupied beds, he said. Patients who are on Medicare also would not be charged, he said.

State Sen. Brad Burzynski, R-Rochelle, and state Rep. Robert Pritchard, R-Hinckley, both voted against the tax.

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