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CS/CS/SB 1712: Hospital Licensure

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations ; Health Policy ; Harrell

Hospital Licensure; Revising the Agency for Health Care Administration’s rulemaking authority with respect to minimum standards for hospitals; authorizing the agency to issue a license to a general hospital that has not been issued a certificate of need under certain circumstances; providing an exception from certificate of need review requirements for the construction or establishment of a general hospital and the conversion of a specialty hospital to a general hospital, etc.

Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2021
 Last Action: 4/26/2019 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 21 (Ch. 2019-136) -SJ 552
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Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Appropriations (AP)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
3/1/2019 Senate • Filed
3/8/2019 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 218
3/13/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/18/19, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building --Amendment(s) Adopted - Temporarily Postponed
• Introduced -SJ 218
3/27/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 04/01/19, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
4/1/2019 Senate • CS by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 1 -SJ 283
4/2/2019 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
4/3/2019 Senate • Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
• CS by Health Policy read 1st time -SJ 319
4/4/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 04/09/19, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
4/9/2019 Senate • Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 349
4/11/2019 Senate • Now in Appropriations
4/15/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/18/19, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
4/18/2019 Senate • CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 13 NAYS 7 -SJ 379
4/19/2019 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
4/22/2019 Senate • CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time -SJ 390
4/23/2019 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
4/24/2019 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/26/19 -SJ 578
4/26/2019 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 551
• Substituted CS/HB 21 -SJ 552
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 21 (Ch. 2019-136) -SJ 552