BILL · 2003–04 SESSION

SB 6556: Hospital bed capacity

Removing certificate of need limitations on bed capacity and redistribution for federally certified critical access hospitals.

Summary

Provides that a health care facility certified as a critical access hospital under 42 U.S.C. 1395i-4 may increase its total number of licensed beds to the total number of beds permitted under 42 U.S.C. 1395i-4 and may redistribute beds permitted under 42 U.S.C. 1395i-4 among acute care and nursing home care without being subject to certificate of need review.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to removing certificate of need limitations on bed capacity and redistribution for federally certified critical access hospitals;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 6556 (2019–20) Mandated reporter options · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 6556 (2017–18) Pilot transit pass incentive · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6556 (2015–16) Surety treatment bonds · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6556 (2013–14) Barriers to access · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6556 (2011–12) Diabetes action team · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6556 (2009–10) Agricultural burning fees · Enacted · Chapter 70, Laws of 2010
SB 6556 (2007–08) Anaphylactic policy · Enacted · Chapter 173, Laws of 2008
SB 6556 (2005–06) State park funding · Did not pass · died in committee