IN SB0416 | 2021 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Passed on April 22 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-22 - Public Law 104
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Passed on April 22 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-22 - Public Law 104
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Summary
Hospitals and certificates of public advantage. Establishes a certificate of public advantage (certificate) pertaining to mergers between hospitals located in counties that meet certain requirements to be issued by the state department of health (state department). Provides that a hospital that has been issued a certificate may not be purchased by another hospital or system of hospitals unless the purchase has been approved by the Federal Trade Commission. Sets forth the procedure and standards for obtaining a certificate and maintaining the certificate. Requires the state department to establish fees for the application of a certificate and the monitoring of an entity holding a certificate in an amount reasonably sufficient to fully fund the costs of the review and supervision of the application. Provides that for the first five years that a hospital is operating under a certificate the hospital: (1) may not increase the charge for each individual service that the hospital offers by more than the increase in the Consumer Price Index for Medical Care; and (2) must invest the realized cost savings for the benefit of the community. Requires a hospital the has been issued a certificate to file an annual report. Allows the office of the attorney general to issue an investigative demand concerning the issuance or maintenance of a certificate. Provides for an appeal of a determination made by the state department concerning the issuance or maintenance of a certificate.
Title
Hospitals and certificates of public advantage.
Sponsors
Sen. Jon Ford [R] | Sen. Ed Charbonneau [R] | Rep. Alan Morrison [R] | Rep. Beau Baird [R] |
Rep. Robert Heaton [R] |
Roll Calls
2021-04-15 - Senate - Senate - Senate concurred in House amendments (Y: 42 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2021-04-13 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 94 N: 3 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-04-07 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 11 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-23 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-02-17 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-04-13 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 94 N: 3 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-04-07 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 11 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-23 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-02-17 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
---|---|---|
2021-04-22 | Senate | Public Law 104 |
2021-04-22 | Senate | Signed by the Governor |
2021-04-21 | Senate | Signed by the President of the Senate |
2021-04-21 | House | Signed by the Speaker |
2021-04-20 | Senate | Signed by the President Pro Tempore |
2021-04-15 | Senate | Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 448: yeas 42, nays 0 |
2021-04-14 | Senate | Motion to concur filed |
2021-04-14 | House | Returned to the Senate with amendments |
2021-04-13 | House | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 429: yeas 94, nays 3 |
2021-04-12 | House | Second reading: ordered engrossed |
2021-04-08 | House | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted |
2021-03-29 | House | Representative Heaton added as cosponsor |
2021-03-04 | House | First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health |
2021-02-24 | Senate | Referred to the House |
2021-02-23 | Senate | Cosponsor: Representative Baird |
2021-02-23 | Senate | House sponsor: Representative Morrison |
2021-02-23 | Senate | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 205: yeas 47, nays 0 |
2021-02-22 | Senate | Second reading: ordered engrossed |
2021-02-18 | Senate | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted |
2021-01-28 | Senate | Senator Charbonneau added as second author |
2021-01-25 | Senate | First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services |
2021-01-25 | Senate | Authored by Senator Ford Jon |