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2018 SESSION
SB 266 Certificate of public need; establishment of certain surgery centers, etc.
Introduced by: David R. Suetterlein | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Certificate of public need; exception. Authorizes the State Health Commissioner (Commissioner) to accept and review applications and issue a certificate of public need for new neonatal care services in Planning District 5, new ambulatory surgery centers in Planning District 15 and 23, and new magnetic resonance imaging services in Planning District 8 and 23, provided that certain conditions are met. The bill also prohibits the establishment, between July 1, 2018 and July 1, 2019, of a facility that includes a dedicated emergency department that is subject to the requirements of the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (42 U.S.C. § 1395dd) if such facility would be located within 20 miles of an affiliated licensed hospital that is under common ownership with such facility. This bill incorporates SB 235, SB 354, SB 365, SB 806, SB 848, and SB 923.
FULL TEXT
- 01/05/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101585D pdf | impact statement
- 02/08/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18106951D-S1 pdf | impact statement
HISTORY
- 01/05/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101585D
- 01/05/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/08/18 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (8-Y 7-N)
- 02/08/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18106951D-S1
- 02/08/18 Senate: Incorporates SB235 (DeSteph)
- 02/08/18 Senate: Incorporates SB354 (McClellan)
- 02/08/18 Senate: Incorporates SB365 (Spruill)
- 02/08/18 Senate: Incorporates SB806 (Petersen)
- 02/08/18 Senate: Incorporates SB848 (Cosgrove)
- 02/08/18 Senate: Incorporates SB923 (Dunnavant)
- 02/09/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/18 Senate: Read second time
- 02/12/18 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/12/18 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 18106951D-S1
- 02/12/18 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB266S1
- 02/13/18 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/13/18 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N)
- 02/19/18 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/19/18 House: Read first time
- 02/19/18 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/20/18 House: Passed by indefinitely in Health, Welfare and Institutions (16-Y 6-N)