Jon Ford
- Republican
Author
Establishes a certificate of public advantage (certificate) pertaining to mergers between hospitals located in counties that meet certain requirements to be issued by the state department of health (state department). Provides that a hospital that has been issued a certificate may not be purchased by another hospital or system of hospitals unless the purchase has been approved by the Federal Trade Commission. Sets forth the procedure and standards for obtaining a certificate and maintaining the certificate. Requires the state department to establish fees for the application of a certificate and the monitoring of an entity holding a certificate in an amount reasonably sufficient to fully fund the costs of the review and supervision of the application. Provides that for the first five years that a hospital is operating under a certificate the hospital: (1) may not increase the charge for each individual service that the hospital offers by more than the increase in the Consumer Price Index for Medical Care; and (2) must invest the realized cost savings for the benefit of the community. Requires a hospital the has been issued a certificate to file an annual report. Allows the office of the attorney general to issue an investigative demand concerning the issuance or maintenance of a certificate. Provides for an appeal of a determination made by the state department concerning the issuance or maintenance of a certificate.
Signed by the Governor
Public Law 104
Signed by the Speaker
Signed by the President of the Senate
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 448: yeas 42, nays 0
Motion to concur filed
Returned to the Senate with amendments
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 429: yeas 94, nays 3
Second reading: ordered engrossed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
Representative Heaton added as cosponsor
First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
Referred to the House
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 205: yeas 47, nays 0
Cosponsor: Representative Baird
House sponsor: Representative Morrison
Second reading: ordered engrossed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
Senator Charbonneau added as second author
First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
Authored by Senator Ford Jon
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| Fiscal Note: SB0416.04.ENRH.FN001 |
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