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Committee advances COPA bill for Terre Haute hospitals after testimony from local leaders and health-system CEOs
Summary
The committee passed an amended bill that closes the COPA application window and moves the sunset date; supporters said Union Health’s acquisition of Terre Haute Regional Hospital will preserve jobs and deliver capital investments. Opponents and questions focused on limiting future COPA use and state versus federal oversight.
The committee voted to pass, as amended, Senate Bill 119, legislation that adjusts the state’s Certificate of Public Advantage (COPA) framework as applied to a pending application involving Union Health and Terre Haute Regional Hospital.
Senator Greg Goode and Representative Bob Heaton opened testimony urging committee support to protect services and local jobs in West Central Indiana. Steve Holman, CEO of Union Health, described the joint COPA application as a tool to “pursue, strengthen, elevate health care for the people of the Wabash Valley.” Holman told the committee Union Health expects to invest more than $105,000,000 across campuses over five years, to commit to enforceable community obligations and to preserve about 600–700 jobs if the acquisition succeeds.
Holman said the application includes 45 enforceable obligations monitored by the state, price controls…
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