Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 889 - Certain hospitals; home health care services; cert of need

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1. McBee  88th            2. Heard  89th             3. Scoggins  24th
4. Stancil  91st


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              2/28/95  Read 1st Time                                                                
              3/1/95   Read 2nd Time                                                                
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Code Sections amended: 31-7-155                                                                     


HB 889                                            LC 16 4190






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,
  1- 2  relating to health, so as to provide that hospitals having
  1- 3  more than a certain number of beds shall be exempt from the
  1- 4  requirement of obtaining a certificate of need in order to
  1- 5  offer home health care services; to provide for related
  1- 6  matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

  1- 7       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 8  Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
  1- 9  to health, is amended by striking the word "and" at the end
  1-10  of paragraph (15) of subsection (a) of Code Section 31-6-47,
  1-11  relating to exemptions from the certificate of need program,
  1-12  and by striking the period at the end of paragraph (16) and
  1-13  inserting in lieu thereof "; and" and by adding a new
  1-14  paragraph (17) to read as follows:

  1-15      "(17) Expenditures by a hospital with more than 250 beds
  1-16      for the purpose of providing the services of a home
  1-17      health agency to patients of such hospital after
  1-18      discharge from such hospital."

                         SECTION 2.

  1-19  Said title is further amended by adding at the end of Code
  1-20  Section 31-7-155, relating to certificates of need for new
  1-21  service or extending service by a home health agency, to
  1-22  read as follows:

  1-23    "(d) Notwithstanding any other provision, no home health
  1-24    agency operated by a hospital in this state with more than
  1-25    250 beds shall be required to obtain a certificate of need
  1-26    to continue such operation or to expand its service area."

                         SECTION 3.

  1-27  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  1-28  repealed.




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