SB0190 Summary

• Establishes a certificate of need program for comprehensive care health facilities, allowing movement of existing beds between counties based on demographic need rather than authorizing new bed creation.

• Exempts from certificate of need requirements: replacement facilities in the same county, facility modifications without adding beds from outside the county, religious and fraternal organizations serving their members, small house health facilities (capped at 100 beds per year), and continuing care retirement communities registered before July 1, 2008.

• Requires the state department to calculate state and county comprehensive care bed needs based on population age 65+ and occupancy rates, publishing results annually before July 1 starting in 2019.

• Establishes an annual review period (July 1 - June 30) for certificate of need applications, with decisions required by April 30, requiring 85% occupancy rates and demonstrating comparative need among competing applications.

• Directs an interim study committee to evaluate whether unused facilities at Logansport State Hospital could feasibly serve as an inpatient treatment facility for Medicaid-eligible substance and addiction treatment.