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IN HB1392
Bill
Status
1/14/2019
Primary Sponsor
Timothy Brown
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AI Summary
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Creates three hospital license designations beginning May 1, 2020: general acute hospitals, specialty hospitals, and limited service hospitals
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General acute hospitals must have a physician onsite at all times, emergency surgical services with a general surgeon available within 30 minutes, general anesthesia capability, and transfer agreements for trauma and obstetrical services
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Specialty hospitals must demonstrate that at least two-thirds of patients fall within a specific diagnosis category or no more than two major diagnosis categories
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Only general acute hospitals may use the term "hospital" in marketing or public solicitation, and only general acute hospitals may post community wayfinding signage on highways
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Hospital licenses will expire every two years instead of annually beginning May 1, 2020; critical access hospitals and hospitals in counties with populations under 25,000 automatically qualify as general acute hospitals
Legislative Description
Hospitals. Specifies that only general acute hospitals may post community wayfinding signage for hospitals. Requires the state department of health to, beginning May 1, 2020, designate hospitals as: (1) general acute hospitals; (2) specialty hospitals; or (3) limited service hospitals; when issuing or renewing a hospital license and sets forth requirements for each designation. Specifies that only a general acute hospital may use the term "hospital" when marketing to or soliciting business from the public. Beginning May 1, 2020, a hospital license expires two years from the date of issuance. (Current law requires a hospital license to expire one year after issuance.)
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
1/14/2019