Introduced
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To revise the state “certificate of need” law that rations the number of hospital beds and other medical facilities by requiring a panel of existing providers to approve proposals to add beds or build any new or expanded facilities. The bill would delete a requirement that a hospital looking to provide “extended care services program” with 10 or fewer hospital beds must “provide evidence that…(it) had difficulty in placing patients in skilled nursing home beds during the 12 months immediately preceding the date of the application”.
Referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Human Services
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
Reported without amendment
Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
Passed in the House 106 to 1 (details)
To revise the state “certificate of need” law that rations the number of hospital beds and other medical facilities by requiring a panel of existing providers to approve proposals to add beds or build any new or expanded facilities. The bill would delete a requirement that a hospital looking to provide “extended care services program” with 10 or fewer hospital beds must “provide evidence that…(it) had difficulty in placing patients in skilled nursing home beds during the 12 months immediately preceding the date of the application”.
