HB 224 Summary

• Authorizes the Department of Health to perform duties of the state health planning and development agency and requires updating the state health services and facilities plan every five years

• Transfers unencumbered moneys exceeding $2,000,000 in the state health planning and development special fund to the general fund at the end of each fiscal year

• Establishes administrative penalties up to $5,000 per seven-day period for persons who violate or fail to comply with approved certificates of need

• Exempts psychiatric services and chronic renal dialysis services from certificate of need requirements

• Requires the Department of Health to study the measure's efficacy and submit findings to the legislature by 2027; bill sunsets July 1, 2026