HB 27 Summary

• Exempts general hospitals from certificate-of-need review except for specific criteria related to need, availability of existing services, resource availability, access enhancement, competition, and Medicaid/charity care provisions.

• Modifies definitions and review criteria for health care facilities by removing "hospital" from the definition of "health care facility" and reorganizing review standards under sections 408.032, 408.035, and 408.036.

• Eliminates certificate-of-need requirements for osteopathic acute care hospitals and repeals section 395.6025 relating to rural hospital replacement facilities.

• Requires hospitals providing certain services (pediatric cardiac catheterization, open-heart surgery, organ transplantation, neonatal intensive care, psychiatric services, comprehensive rehabilitation) to meet specified minimum licensure requirements adopted by the Agency for Health Care Administration.

• Effective date: July 1, 2018.