SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 2128

90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE SKAGGS.

Read 1st time March 13, 2000, and 1000 copies ordered printed.

ANNE C. WALKER, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To repeal section 197.366, RSMo Supp. 1999, relating to certificate of need.



Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Section 197.366, RSMo Supp. 1999, is repealed.

[197.366. The provisions of subdivision (8) of section 197.305 to the contrary notwithstanding, after December 31, 2001, the term "health care facilities" in sections 197.300 to 197.366 shall mean:

(1) Facilities licensed under chapter 198, RSMo;

(2) Long-term care beds in a hospital as described in subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of section 198.012, RSMo;

(3) Long-term care hospitals or beds in a long-term care hospital meeting the requirements described in 42 C.F.R., section 412.23(e); and

(4) Construction of a new hospital as defined in chapter 197.]


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