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The Ohio Senate's version of the proposed state budget would repeal the state's Special Focus Facility program, which provides additional oversight for troubled nursing facilities.

OSWEGO – Mayor William Barlow has called upon the state Department of Health to temporarily revoke Pontiac Nursing Home’s license, has offered to assist with any necessary relocation of Pontiac’s residents to other local, licensed health care providers, and intends to gather testimony and evidence on Pontiac from past and present residents, their families, and employees, which he will forward to the state. In a March 25 letter to Commissioner Howard Zucker, Barlow formally reques...