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FL S0236
Bill
Status
Failed
3/11/2016
Primary Sponsor
Denise Grimsley
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AI Summary
- Exempts rural hospitals and not-for-profit rural hospital operators from certificate of need requirements for constructing new or replacement facilities
- Removes the previous county population restriction of 15,000 to 18,000 residents, expanding eligibility
- Changes population density threshold from 30 to 100 persons per square mile for exemption qualification
- Eliminates the 10-mile distance requirement, allowing replacement facilities anywhere within the hospital's current primary service area
- Defines primary service area as the fewest zip codes accounting for 75 percent of the hospital's discharges over the most recent 5-year period
- Effective July 1, 2016
Legislative Description
Certificates of Need for Rural Hospitals
Last Action
Died in Fiscal Policy
3/11/2016
Committee Referrals
Fiscal Policy2/26/2016
Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services2/9/2016
Health Policy9/17/2015
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