C. Fla. to get $115.7M in new nursing home beds after 14-year state ban lifted

Central Florida will get $115.7 million in new nursing homes and expansions with a total of 717 new beds, thanks to the state lifting a 14-year ban on nursing home construction.

Statewide, Florida will get 22 new nursing home facilities and another 11 will expand, for a total value of $430 million, according to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. The largest project, a new 180-bed nursing home, will be built in Orange County. The most expensive is a $29.7 million in Osceola County.

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