House Bill 787 Summary

• Suspends statutory restrictions on certificate of need (CON) issuance for nursing facilities, psychiatric residential treatment facilities, child/adolescent psychiatric beds, intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded, and home health agencies until July 1, 2012.

• Allows the State Department of Health to issue CONs for these facility types during the suspension period without the usual regulatory prohibitions that would normally apply.

• Resumes restrictions on July 1, 2012, at which point the department reverts to issuing CONs only under specific authorized exceptions listed in existing law.

• Effective date is July 1, 2011, providing a one-year window during which CON restrictions are lifted for the specified healthcare facilities.