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GA HB1024
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/25/2020
Primary Sponsor
Mark Newton
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AI Summary
- Defines "freestanding emergency department" as a facility structurally separate from a hospital, with no more than one inpatient bed, operated under a hospital's license, located within 35 miles of that hospital, operating 24/7/365, participating in Medicaid, and not located within three miles of a hospital-based emergency department operational as of June 30, 2020
- Prohibits any freestanding emergency department from operating in Georgia unless it meets all of the above definitional criteria
- Exempts freestanding emergency departments from the state's certificate of need (CON) program requirements
- Exempts rural county hospitals from CON requirements when increasing bed capacity or using unused beds exclusively for behavioral health or developmental disabilities patients, including allowing those beds to be leased to behavioral health providers
- Amends Chapter 6 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state health planning and development
Legislative Description
Health; freestanding emergency departments under the certificate of need program; provide
Last Action
House Second Readers
2/27/2020
Full Bill Text
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