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Bill lets Williamson County commission use proceeds if Williamson Medical Center is sold; certificate-of-need changes discussed
Summary
Representative Jake McCelman said the legislature passed and the governor signed bills allowing the sale of Williamson Medical Center and, with a two-thirds county commission vote, use of proceeds after hospital debt service; panelists also described a phased rollback of some certificate-of-need approvals for hospitals and imaging centers.
Representative Jake McCelman told the Policy Talks audience he carried two bills related to Williamson Medical Center: one to permit the hospital to be sold and a companion measure to allow the county commission, by two-thirds vote, to allocate sale proceeds after debt service for local projects such as schools or a jail. "It would require a two-thirds vote of the county commission in order to…
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