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<TYPE>EX-24
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<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY (PUBLIC): POA
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all men by these presents that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints Patrick Darby and Stephen Leasure,
and each of them individually, the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

       (1) 	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned,
in the capacity as an officer and/or director of Encompass
Health Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
Forms 3, 4 and 5, Schedule 13D and Schedule 13G and amendments
thereto in accordance with Sections 13(d) and 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder,
and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be
required to file in connection with the undersigned's
ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities
of the Company;

       (2)	do and perform any and all acts for
and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary
or desirable to complete the execution of any such Form 3,
4 or 5, Schedule 13D, Schedule 13G, or other form or
report, and timely file such form, schedule or report
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
and any other authority; and

	(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever
in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of
each such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned,
it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant
to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in his or her discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such
 attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do
and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
and hereby ratifies and confirms all that such attorney-in-fact,
or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney
and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving
in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is
not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities
to comply with Sections 13(d) and 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in
full force and effect until the undersigned is n
o longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5, Schedule 13D,
Schedule 13G, or other form or report with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by the Company, unless revoked by the undersigned
in a signed writing delivered to each foregoing attorney-in fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused
this Power of Attorney to be executed effectively as of
this 24th day of January 2023.




            /S/ ELISSA CHARBONNEAU
Elissa Charbonneau
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