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Senate health committee weighs easing certificate-of-need rules to speed rural health projects
Summary
Sen. Stutz told the Senate Health Committee that SP82 would exempt qualifying rural counties from certificate-of-need review so hospitals and clinics can quickly use federal rural-health funds; members agreed to form a subcommittee to refine safeguards for existing rural providers.
At a Senate Health Committee meeting, Sen. Stutz, sponsor of SP82, said the bill would remove the certificate-of-need (CON) requirement for projects in designated rural counties so local hospitals and clinics can more quickly use incoming federal rural-health funding. "If we're going to put a lot of money into the rural health care, we don't need to make them go through a one or two-year process to get approval to do it," Stutz said.
The bill is designed to accelerate use of federal dollars Stutz cited for rural health and would initially affect about 46 counties, using a…
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