VA HB606

Changes how charity care is valued for medical care facilities with certificates of public need, switching from Medicare reimbursement methodology to gross patient charges for calculating the value of charity care provided

Requires the Commissioner to submit an annual report to the Governor and specified legislative committees by December 1 on medical care facilities with certificate of public need conditions

Annual report must include charity care charges, cost-to-charge ratios, percentage of operating expenses for charity care, number of patients receiving charity care, applications submitted/approved/denied, and bad debt data

Removes a detailed list of specific "reviewable services" from the data reporting requirements section, including inpatient beds, operating rooms, cardiac catheterization, MRI, CT scanning, psychiatric services, and radiation therapy

Applies to medical care facilities other than nursing homes that are required to provide charity care as a condition of their certificate of public need