Legislature(1999 - 2000)
1999-05-17 Senate Journal
Full Journal pdf1999-05-17 Senate Journal Page 1573 HB 187 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 1999-05-17 Senate Journal Page 1574 HB 187 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 was read the second time. Senator Mackie moved and asked unanimous consent that the bill be advanced to third reading and placed on final passage. Without objection, it was so ordered. CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 187(FIN) was read the third time. Senator Phillips moved and asked unanimous consent that he be allowed to abstain from voting because of a conflict of interest. Objections were heard and Senator Phillips was required to vote. The question being: Shall CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 187(FIN) CERTIFICATES OF NEED FOR HEALTH FACILITY, pass the Senate? The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 187(FIN) Third Reading - Final Passage Effective Date YEAS: 16 NAYS: 4 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Adams, Donley, Ellis, Elton, Hoffman, Kelly Pete, Kelly Tim, Leman, Lincoln, Mackie, Miller, Parnell, Phillips, Torgerson, Ward, Wilken Nays: Green, Halford, Pearce, Taylor Pearce changed from "Yea" to "Nay". and so, CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 187(FIN) passed the Senate. Senator Mackie moved and asked unanimous consent that the vote on the passage of the bill be considered the vote on the effective date clause. Without objection, it was so ordered and the bill was signed by the President and Secretary and returned to the House.