WV HB2701

Defines "neighborhood hospital" as a facility occupying no more than 40,000 square feet with a maximum of 15 emergency room bays and 15 inpatient beds, offering clinical laboratory services, diagnostic radiology, and other hospital-associated services

Exempts the construction, development, acquisition, or establishment of neighborhood hospitals from West Virginia's certificate of need (CON) approval process

Exempts ambulatory health care facilities (outpatient facilities serving non-hospitalized patients) from the certificate of need requirement

Exempts ambulatory surgical facilities (freestanding centers providing surgical treatment to patients not requiring hospitalization) from the certificate of need requirement