Georgia House Bill 299 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-14 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Governmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state health planning and development, so as to revise definitions; to eliminate the requirement that certain expenditures by a health care facility are required to obtain a certificate of need; to eliminate the requirement for certificate of need for medical equipment; to exempt freestanding emergency departments from certificate of need requirements; to eliminate exemptions for certain capital expenditures and cost overruns; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to provide for licensure of freestanding emergency departments; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

State health planning and development; revise definitions; certificate of need requirements; provisions

Rep. Wendell Willard [R]	Rep. Lynn Smith [R]	Rep. James Hatchett [R]	Rep. John Meadows [R]
Rep. Clay Cox [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-14	House	House Second Readers
2017-02-10	House	House First Readers
2017-02-09	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/50400
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/164801