FL H4019

Excludes general hospitals from certificate-of-need review requirements, subjecting them only to specific criteria including need, availability of existing services, quality of care, resources, access enhancement, financial feasibility, competition fostering, and Medicaid service provision.

Revises definitions of health care facilities and services, adding new definitions for long-term care hospitals, mental health services, and tertiary health services while reorganizing existing definitional structure.

Creates expedited review process for nursing homes in retirement communities meeting specific criteria, allowing up to 120 beds per request with maximum of 240 beds per facility regardless of location.

Establishes detailed procedures for general hospital certificate-of-need applications requiring specific content, service area identification by zip code, and financial documentation, with stricter standing requirements for challenges.

Sets effective date of July 1, 2014, and makes conforming amendments to related sections regarding duties of the Agency for Health Care Administration and special provisions for osteopathic hospitals.