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Committee hears bill to move certificate‑of‑need notices from newspapers to DPHHS website

House Health and Human Services
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Summary

Senate Bill 88 would let the Department of Public Health and Human Services publish certificate‑of‑need letters of intent on its website instead of in a newspaper of general circulation; the Office of Inspector General told the committee that changing newspaper habits make compliance by newspaper publication difficult.

Senator Dave Fern introduced Senate Bill 88 as an agency bill from the Department of Public Health and Human Services that would allow letters of intent under the certificate‑of‑need program to be published on the department website rather than in a newspaper of general circulation.

The change responds to shifting newspaper practices, Fern told the House Health and Human Services committee: "are we able to reach the…

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