HB 48 Summary

• Removes most health care services and equipment from certificate of need (CON) requirement, streamlining regulatory requirements for health care providers

• Retains CON requirement only for specific health care facilities including hospitals, nursing facilities, psychiatric hospitals, and newly adds abortion facilities as a defined health care facility requiring CON approval

• Eliminates CON requirements for major medical equipment purchases, health service offerings, and capital expenditures that previously required certificates of need

• Updates terminology throughout the statute including replacing "mentally retarded" with "intellectually disabled" and conforming related sections in Sections 41-4-18, 41-73-5, 41-75-1, 41-75-5, 41-75-9, and 41-75-25

• Effective date: July 1, 2017