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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 | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

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.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

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 require that specific weight be given to the comments from the local governing body of the affected jurisdiction when an existing medical care facility is proposed to be relocated, in whole or in part, and the land occupied by the existing medical care facility is owned by such local governing body and is leased to the parent company of the medical care facility.