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SB 86 Medical care facilities certificate of public need; criteria for determining need.

Introduced by: Linda T. Puller | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Certificate of public need for medical care facilities; criteria for determining need. Modifies the criteria relating to the extent to which the project will be accessible to all residents of the area to be served to add consideration of the effects on accessibility of any proposed relocation of an existing service or facility. The bill also modifies the administrative procedures law to require the health planning agency (i) to notify local governing bodies in the planning district of the required public hearing on relevant applications and (ii) to consider the comments of governing bodies and all other public comments in making its decision. The comments will be part of the record provided to the Department of Health.


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