1999-07-28                     House Journal                      Page 1761
HB 187                                                                       
A message dated June 4, 1999, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 187(FIN)                                                
"An Act removing a requirement that a certificate of need is                  
needed before elimination of a category of health services                     
provided by a health care facility; prohibiting a person from                  
converting a building or part of a building to a nursing home that             
requires licensure unless authorized by a certificate of need; setting         
a standard of review for applications for certificates of need                 
relating to nursing homes and nursing home beds and relating to                
that standard of review; providing that the standard of review for             
applications for certificates of need for beds other than nursing              
home beds or for a health care facility other than a nursing home              
is the availability and quality of existing health care resources or           
the accessibility to those resources compared to the current or                
projected requirement for health services required to maintain the             
good  health  of  citizens of this state; defining the term 'nursing           
home bed'; eliminating statutory references to the office of                   
planning and research in the Department of Health and Social                   
Services; and providing for an effective date."                                
                                                                               
Chapter No. 55, SLA 1999                                                      
Effective Date:  June 5, 1999