HB 2183 - Under this act, an applicant or holder of a hospital license may define or revise the premises of a hospital campus to include property adjacent to the campus but for a single intersection. Additionally, hospital licensure regulations may incorporate by reference Medicare conditions of participation.
These provisions are identical to provisions in the truly agreed to and finally passed CCS/HCS/SB 951 (2018).
This act changes the definition of "new institutional health service", as it applies to changes in licensed bed capacity, to apply only to long-term care facilities.
Currently, a health care facility seeking to increase its total number of beds by ten or less or ten percent or less of its total bed capacity over a two-year period may be eligible for a non-applicability review under the certificate of need program. Under this act, a long-term care facility shall only be eligible for a non-applicability review if the facility has had no patient care class I deficiencies within the last eighteen months and has maintained at least an 85% average occupancy rate for the previous six quarters.
These provisions are identical to provisions in the truly agreed to and finally passed CCS/HCS/SB 951 (0281) and substantially similar to SB 1040 (2018).
SARAH HASKINS