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GA SB400
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/7/2018
Primary Sponsor
Michael Williams
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AI Summary
- Repeals Georgia's Certificate of Need (CON) program effective December 31, 2018, based on the legislative finding that free markets best provide high-quality, low-cost health care
- Transfers charity and indigent care requirements previously tied to CON approval to facility licensure conditions, requiring hospitals, specialty hospitals, freestanding emergency departments, and diagnostic/treatment centers to commit to serving indigent and charity patients at a minimum of 3% of annual adjusted gross revenues
- Requires ambulatory surgical treatment centers to maintain hospital affiliation agreements and provide uncompensated indigent/charity care equal to at least 2% of adjusted gross revenue (or 4% if not a Medicaid participant), with an exemption for centers exclusively providing ophthalmologic care
- Prohibits the issuance of new permits for freestanding emergency departments not affiliated with a general acute care hospital and bars new specialty hospital permits on or after December 1, 2018
- Amends multiple provisions across the Official Code of Georgia Annotated to remove references to the CON program and ensure conformity, including eliminating the Certificate of Need Appeal Panel from administrative procedure exemptions
Legislative Description
Health; Certificate of Need Program; repeal
Last Action
Senate Read and Referred
2/8/2018
Full Bill Text
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