SB 672 Summary

• Amends the Public Health Code to modify definitions related to certificate of need requirements for health facilities, specifically regarding capital expenditures and clinical services.

• Increases the threshold for "covered capital expenditure" from an unspecified amount to $10,000,000, adjusted annually by the department, for projects involving acquisition, improvement, expansion, or replacement of clinical service areas.

• Adds requirement for certificate of need for increases in licensed psychiatric beds, but only in counties with populations exceeding 40,000 according to the most recent federal decennial census.

• Designates specialized psychiatric programs for children and adolescents utilizing licensed psychiatric beds as a covered clinical service requiring certificate of need approval, limited to counties with populations over 40,000.

• Makes air ambulance services a covered clinical service requiring certificate of need only until June 1, 2021, after which the requirement expires.

• Contains a tie-bar provision making this act effective only if Senate Bills 669 and 671 are also enacted into law.