I do not believe anyone has acknowledged the impact this proposal will have on the assisted living facilities in Southwest Virginia.  We get referrals from our neighboring states including TN, NC,and Kentucky. Not only do these residents help us to stay in business but when their families visit they also are spending money and paying Virginia taxes which also helps the economy.  So its a win- win situation.  However, if we have to wait the 90 day gross period before they can become a "resident" of Virginia we cannot afford to accept them.  Our AG rates are embarrassly low as it is, and most homes in the Southwest are struggling to stay open.  We are not funded for the regulations we have to abide by now, and to add more regulations is like pouring salt into an open wound.  We were promised, years ago, that all regulations would be funded, and each year or so, we get new regulations and NO funding for them. Not only do we provide a home, and care for residents, but we also provide jobs for Virginia citizens.  To continue to add burdens to our Assisted Living Facilities will only cost the State of Virginia, so I ask that this regulation not to pass, and for all to think of the long term effects that closing our home will have on our State.

We have state employees, a license inspector,  which lives in another state.  Should she be penalized  because of the state she lives in?