Certificate of public need; denial of certain certificates. (HB2227)

Introduced By

Sen. Chris Head (R-Roanoke)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Certificate of public need; denial of certain certificates. Prohibits the Commissioner of Health from denying an application for a certificate of public need for the addition of a new neonatal special care service at a medical care facility located in a planning district with a population of 275,000 or more in which there is only a single existing provider of such service or a new open heart surgery service at a medical care facility located in a planning district with a population of 2,000,000 or more in which there are two or more existing providers of such service solely because of the expected economic impact of the proposed project on an existing service in the planning district or the expected impact of the proposed project on the utilization of or volume of services delivered by an existing service in the planning district. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/11/2017Committee
01/11/2017Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102255D
01/11/2017Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
01/13/2017Impact statement from VDH (HB2227)
01/17/2017Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3
01/25/2017Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/07/2017Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions