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SB 1277 Certificate of public need; nursing homes and hospitals, establishing a disaster exemption.
Introduced by: George L. Barker | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Certificate of public need; hospitals and nursing homes; disaster exemption; regulations. Provides for a 30-day exemption from the requirement to obtain a certificate of public need for an increase in the total number of beds in existing hospitals or nursing homes if the State Health Commissioner has determined that a natural or man-made disaster has caused the evacuation of a hospital or nursing home and that a public health emergency exists due to a shortage of hospital or nursing home beds. The Board of Health shall adopt regulations for this exemption. This bill is identical to HB 1870.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101545D pdf | impact statement
- 02/12/19 House: Committee substitute printed 19106703D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/20/19 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1277ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/12/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0343) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/07/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101545D
- 01/07/19 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/31/19 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/19 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/04/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/19 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/19 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/06/19 House: Read first time
- 02/06/19 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/12/19 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/19 House: Committee substitute printed 19106703D-H1
- 02/12/19 House: Read second time
- 02/13/19 House: Read third time
- 02/13/19 House: Committee substitute agreed to 19106703D-H1
- 02/13/19 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1277H1
- 02/13/19 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/19 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/19 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/19 Senate: Title replaced 19106703D-H1
- 02/20/19 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/20/19 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1277ER)
- 02/20/19 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/20/19 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/27/19 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 27, 2019
- 02/27/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 03/12/19 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 343 (effective 7/1/19)
- 03/12/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0343)