POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all men by these presents that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints Stephen Leasure as 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 discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to 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 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 no 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 such attorney-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused
this Power of Attorney to be executed effectively as
of this 31st day of January 2023.




               /S/PATRICK DARBY
Patrick Darby