Bill Title: Hospitals. Specifies that only general acute hospitals may post community wayfinding signage for hospitals. Requires the state department of health to, beginning May 1, 2020, designate hospitals as: (1) general acute hospitals; (2) specialty hospitals; or (3) limited service hospitals; when issuing or renewing a hospital license and sets forth requirements for each designation. Specifies that only a general acute hospital may use the term "hospital" when marketing to or soliciting business from the public. Beginning May 1, 2020, a hospital license expires two years from the date of issuance. (Current law requires a hospital license to expire one year after issuance.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-14 - First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
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| Introduced | 2019-01-14 | PDF | Link | View |
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