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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 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 substantially similar to SB 1040 (2018). SARAH HASKINS
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