Bill History/Action for Legislature

Bill SB 26
Current Status (S) FIN
Status Date 02/22/2022

Bill Version
Short Title REPEAL CERTIFICATE OF NEED PROGRAM

Sponsor(S) SENATORS WILSON, Costello, Hughes, Reinbold, Holland, Shower
Title "An Act repealing the certificate of need program for health care facilities; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date."

Actions
Full Text
Fiscal Notes
Amendments
Minutes and Audio
Documents

Version	Amended Name	PDF	Date	House
Full Text of SB 26			Intro/ Offered	Passed
SB0026A	SB 26	pdf	01/22/2021
SB0026B	CSSB 26(L&C)	pdf	02/18/2022

Fiscal Action Summary

Fiscal Note	Preparer	Date	Chamber	Fiscal Impact	Cmte Report
SB 26				Published
pdf Fiscal Note 1	Health & Social Services - Dept.	04/09/2021	S	Y	SHSS
pdf Fiscal Note 2	Health & Social Services - Dept.	04/09/2021	S	Y	SHSS
pdf Fiscal Note 3	Health & Social Services Cmte	02/18/2022	S	Y	SL&C
pdf Fiscal Note 4	Health & Social Services - Dept.	02/18/2022	S	Y	SL&C

Bill Amendments Summary

Bill : SB 26

Amendments that are adopted are incorporated into the next version of the bill.
PDF versions of the amendment may have slight variations from the Journal entry. The Journal should be considered the authoritative version.

Amendment	Chamber	Action	Date	Page	PDF
			Action	Journal

House and Senate Minutes/Recordings

Bill : SB 26

Meeting Date	Start Time	Title	Meeting Details
3/16/2022	1:00 PM	SENATE FINANCE	Minutes	Audio/Video
2/16/2022	1:30 PM	SENATE LABOR & COMMERCE	Minutes	Audio/Video
4/23/2021	1:30 PM	SENATE LABOR & COMMERCE	Minutes	Audio/Video
4/21/2021	1:30 PM	SENATE LABOR & COMMERCE	Minutes	Audio/Video
4/8/2021	1:30 PM	SENATE HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES	Minutes	Audio/Video
3/25/2021	1:30 PM	SENATE HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES	Minutes	Audio/Video

Documents for Bill SB 26 32nd Legislature

Additional documents may be added - continue to check back.

Document Name	Date/Time	Subjects
SB 26 Support Kircher - Repeal Certificate of Need.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Opposition to SB 26 Repeal of Certificate of Need_Letter from FHP.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - Mercatus Center - Rural Health Care.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - Mercatus Center - Alaska Project for Alaska without CON Law.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 ASHNHA Letter Opposing SB 26 3-14-2022.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 COVID-19-Medical-Hospitalization-Costs-by-State-FINAL_AK - 10.20.2021.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Conning-the-Competition-WEB-08.11.2020.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - Trends_in_Alaskas_Health-Care_Spending - UAA ISER - 2018.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - FY20 Disproportionate Share Hospital Report - DHSS.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - CON Racial Disparities - Health Affairs - 2009.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - CON - Maternal and Infant Care Rural Communities - Mercatus Center - 2019.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - American Medical Association - con-evidence-for-repeal.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - American College of Emergency Room Physicians - EMTALA.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - Alaska Policy Center - Health-Care-Costs-in-AK - 2020.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Healthcare Choice Factsheet.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 CON - US Dept of Justice - July 2004 executive summary.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 CON - Mercatus Center - Do CON Law Increase Indigent Care - 2014.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 CON - Medicaid spending effect on Nursing Homes and Home Health Care - Rahman - Galarrga - Zinn - Grabowski - Mor.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 CON - Background - Medical Bankrupcy Nat'l - American Journal of Medicine.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Bipartisan Governors Blueprint Feb 23 2018 - Gov support CON.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 17-093m Leg Research Report Historical.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - Why Competition Matters to Health Care Quality - 2003.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - US DHSS FTC Rpt - Repeal CON - December 2018.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - U.S. General Accountability Office - Number and Characteristics of Affected Hospitals and Contributing Factors - August 2018.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - Spotlight-468-The-Case-Against-CON-A-law-that-prevents-health-care-innovation.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - Sanford School of Public Policy Duke University Research - Minnesota's CON - 2015.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - North Carolina Rural Health Research Program - Rural Hospital Closures and Finance - Some New Research Findings - 2017.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - New Jersey's CON Research - January 2007.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - Nercatus Center - CON Laws and Hospital Quality - Sept. 2016.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - National Institute for Health Care Reform - May 2011.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - Mercatus Center-George Mason University 40 Years of Research- September 2016.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - Mercatus Center - CON Special Interest Influence.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - Legislative Research Request - Alaska Communities Without Nearby Health Care Facilities - March 2018.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - Goldwater Institute Mark Flatten - CON-paper-web.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - EMTALA Fact Sheet - American College of Emergency Physicians - 2015.html	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - Email request for Alaska's Disproportionate Hospital Share (DSH) Program - February 2019.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - Drivers of Health Care Costs in Alaska and Comparison States - Milliman Report - November 2011.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - CON - Mercatus Center - CON and Covid Effects.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - CON - American Hospital Association - Rural Hospital Closures report-2019.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - Becker's Hospital Review - 3 Obvious and Not-So-Obvious Reasons Hospitals Close - 2016.html	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - Alaska Health-Care Bill - $7 Billion and Climbing - August 2011.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - American Medical Association - CON Repeal Policy Statement - 2015.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - Alaska Commercial Healthcare Prices - MIlliman Report - November 2016.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - CON Power Point - FINAL.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Explanation of changes B-I.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - Sectional Analysis vesion I.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 support Mitchell - Testimony - CON Laws in Alaska - v1.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Providence Opposes SB 26 Repeal of CON.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Opposition PeaceHealth.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Fiscal Note 2696 - DOH.pdf	SL&C 2/16/2022 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Fiscal Note 3234 - DOH.pdf	SL&C 2/16/2022 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Amendment B.1.pdf	SL&C 2/16/2022 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Written Testimony - Naomi Lopez-Bauman.pdf	SL&C 4/23/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Written Testimony - Wendy Schrag.pdf	SL&C 4/23/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Written Testimony - CEO ASHNHA.pdf	SL&C 4/23/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Written Testimony - Francine Attrill, U.S. Renal Care.pdf	SL&C 4/23/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Brief Synopsis of COVID and CON Report.pdf	SL&C 4/23/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - Written Testimony - Alicia Plemmons.pdf	SL&C 4/23/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - Federalist Society - CON Working Paper 4.23.21.pdf	SL&C 4/23/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Written Testimony - Leslie Becker.pdf	SL&C 4/23/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 CON Laws and Healthcare Utilization During COVID Report.pdf	SL&C 4/23/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Written Testimony - Bethany Marcum, Alaska Policy Forum.pdf	SL&C 4/23/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Written Testimony - David Balat.pdf	SL&C 4/23/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - Trends_in_Alaskas_Health-Care_Spending - UAA ISER - 2018.pdf	SL&C 4/21/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - The State of Certificate of Need Laws in 2020 - Mercatus Center.pdf	SL&C 4/21/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Funding FY2020 - DHSS.pdf	SL&C 4/21/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments - Dept. of HSS.pdf	SL&C 4/21/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - CON Racial Disparities - Health Affairs - 2009.pdf	SL&C 4/21/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - CON - American Hospital Association - Rural Hospital Closures report-2019.pdf	SL&C 4/21/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - American Medical Association - con-evidence-for-repeal.pdf	SL&C 4/21/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - AK high health care costs - Division of Insurance Rpt - 2012.pdf	SL&C 4/21/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - American College of Emergency Room Physicians - EMTALA.pdf	SL&C 4/21/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Written Testimony - Foundation Health Partners.pdf	SL&C 4/21/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Written Testimony - Angela Erickson.pdf	SL&C 4/21/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 CON Power Point - SLAC 4.21.21.pdf	SL&C 4/21/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Written Testimony - Sal Nuzzo.pdf	SL&C 4/21/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Written Testimony - Matthew Mitchell.pdf	SL&C 4/21/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Written Testimony - Jaimie Cavanaugh.pdf	SL&C 4/21/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Written Testimony - Darcy Bryan.pdf	SL&C 4/21/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Written Testimony - C.D. Casscells.pdf	SL&C 4/21/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Written Testimony - Karen Petersen.pdf	SL&C 4/21/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Written Testimony - Jeffrey Singer.pdf	SL&C 4/21/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 CON Application Fees and Recent Applications 4.21.21.pdf	SL&C 4/21/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 ASHNHA Letter re Potential CON Reg Changes 6-29-18.pdf	SHSS 4/8/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 ASHNHA Letter re CON Standards & Methodologies 7-12-18.pdf	SHSS 4/8/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 ASHNHA Letter Providing Senate HSS Regulatory Recommendations 3-29-21.pdf	SHSS 4/8/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - CON - Maternal and Infant Care Rural Communities - Mercatus Center - 2019.pdf	SHSS 4/8/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - CON suspended laws - Mississippi Center for Public Policy - 2020.pdf	SHSS 4/8/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 SOA - Div of Insurance - Provider Reimbursement Rate Summary - 2018.pdf	SHSS 4/8/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - CON - Policymakers' Decisions - Mercatus Center - 2020.pdf	SHSS 4/8/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - Alaska Commercial Healthcare Prices - MIlliman Report - November 2016.pdf	SHSS 4/8/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Senate DHSS Committee - Reforming Americas Healthcare System Through Choice and Competition 2018.pdf	SHSS 4/8/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - Bipartisan Governor's Blueprint for Improving Our Nation's Health System Performance - February 2018.pdf	SHSS 4/8/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Letter of Support Marty Kincaid_Redacted.pdf	SHSS 3/25/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 - Updated CON Power Point - 3.25.21.pdf	SHSS 3/25/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Heartland Institute Letter of Support.docx.pdf	SHSS 3/25/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Version B.PDF	SHSS 3/25/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Sponsor Statement.pdf	SHSS 3/25/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Sectional Analysis.pdf	SFIN 3/16/2022 1:00:00 PM SHSS 3/25/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Fiscal Note 2 DHSS Medicaid Svcs.pdf	SHSS 3/25/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 Fiscal Note 1 DHSS DSS.pdf	SHSS 3/25/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26
SB 26 ASHNHA Letter of Opposition.pdf	SHSS 3/25/2021 1:30:00 PM	SB 26

Jrn Date	Jrn Page	Text
1/22/2021	41	(S) PREFILE RELEASED 1/8/21
1/22/2021	41	(S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
1/22/2021	41	(S) HSS, L&C
3/25/2021	Text	(S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
3/25/2021	Text	(S) Heard & Held
3/25/2021	Min	(S) Minutes (SHSS)
4/7/2021	Text	(S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
4/7/2021	Text	(S) Scheduled but Not Heard
4/7/2021	Min	(S) Minutes (SL&C)
4/8/2021	Text	(S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
4/8/2021	Text	(S) Moved SB 26 Out of Committee
4/8/2021	Min	(S) Minutes (SHSS)
4/9/2021	663	(S) HSS RPT 1DP 3NR
4/9/2021	663	(S) DP: HUGHES
4/9/2021	663	(S) NR: BEGICH, REINBOLD, COSTELLO
4/9/2021	663	(S) FN1: (DHS)
4/9/2021	663	(S) FN2: INDETERMINATE(DHS)
4/21/2021	Text	(S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
4/21/2021	Text	(S) Heard & Held
4/21/2021	Min	(S) Minutes (SL&C)
4/23/2021	Text	(S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
4/23/2021	Text	(S) Heard & Held
4/23/2021	Min	(S) Minutes (SL&C)
2/16/2022	Text	(S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
2/16/2022	Text	(S) Moved CSSB 26(L&C) Out of Committee
2/16/2022	Min	(S) Minutes (SL&C)
2/18/2022	1840	(S) L&C RPT CS 1DP 3NR SAME TITLE
2/18/2022	1840	(S) DP: COSTELLO
2/18/2022	1840	(S) NR: STEVENS, MICCICHE, REVAK
2/18/2022	1840	(S) FN3: (DHS)
2/18/2022	1840	(S) FN4: INDETERMINATE(DHS)
2/22/2022	1859	(S) FIN REFERRAL ADDED
2/22/2022	1859	(S) REFERRED TO FINANCE
3/16/2022	Text	(S) FINANCE at 01:00 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
3/16/2022	Text	(S) Heard & Held
3/16/2022	Min	(S) Minutes (SFIN)
3/23/2022	2099	(S) COSPONSOR(S): COSTELLO, HUGHES, REINBOLD, HOLLAND, SHOWER