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GA HB1061
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/3/2010
Primary Sponsor
Mark Butler
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AI Summary
- Exempts hospitals designated as Level I or Level II trauma centers by the Department of Community Health from Georgia's certificate of need (CON) requirements
- Requires exempt hospitals to maintain their trauma center designation for a minimum of ten years as a condition of the exemption
- For every new clinical health service added after the exemption takes effect, the hospital must maintain its trauma center designation for an additional two and one-half years
- The exemption applies only to the specific campus designated as a Level I or II trauma center, and exempt hospitals lose the right to oppose any other health care facility or the establishment or expansion of clinical health services
- Hospitals that cease to comply with the exemption conditions lose their exempt status and must obtain a certificate of need for their facility and clinical services
Legislative Description
Trauma Care Expansion Act of 2010; enact
Last Action
House Postponed
3/24/2010
Committee Referrals
Health and Human Services2/3/2010
Full Bill Text
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