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Committee backs bill letting single rural emergency hospital qualify for Georgia Heart program
Summary
Lawmakers recommended do‑pass for House Bill 662 to allow a rural emergency hospital and affiliated freestanding outpatient emergency clinic to participate in the Georgia Heart tax‑credit program after a CMS classification accidentally disqualified the provider.
A House committee recommended passage of House Bill 662 after Representative Osteen and a witness said a rural facility in her district lost eligibility for the Georgia Heart tax‑credit program after it sought a federal CMS classification as a rural emergency hospital.
"In 2022, CMS provided rural hospital could become a rural emergency hospital," Representative Osteen said, explaining that one hospital in her rural South Georgia district chose the CMS classification and, as a result, was disqualified from the…
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