PIERRE — The House Appropriations Committee has approved a bill that would allow the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe to construct a nursing home to keep elders closer to their community. Senator Troy Heinert says he was surprised Senate Bill 147 was sent to appropriators…
Similar action has been taken previously to building nursing homes in Flandreau and Rosebud. Heinert says Tribal elders are wisdom keepers for Tribal people…
The proposed nursing home at Lower Brule is authorized for 50 beds. Representative Randy Gross wondered about staffing…
Heinert says he’s working on a using a vehicle bill to address tribes wanting to build nursing homes requiring a bill like S-B 147. The bill was certified for the consent calendar in the House.
