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Certificate of public need; exception; critical access hospitals; swing beds; sunset. Allows critical access hospitals to utilize an average of up to 10 swing beds per day, calculated over the hospital's fiscal year, without obtaining a certificate of public need. Under current law, critical access hospitals may only use up to 10 percent of beds as swing beds. The bill directs the State Commissioner of Health to collect data annually from critical access hospitals that use fiscal year averaging for swing beds and make such data publicly available. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2028. This bill is identical to SB 1177.
Introduced
Nov 14, 2024
Last Action
Mar 19, 2025
Session
VA 2025
Sponsors
1 primary · 3 co
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0114)
Approved by Governor-Chapter 114 (Effective 07/01/25)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025
Signed by President
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1552ER)
Signed by Speaker
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1552)
Enrolled
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
Read third time
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N)
Passed by for the day
Rules suspended
Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1552)
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
Read second time
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
Health and Human Services Substitute agreed to
Read first time
Committee substitute printed 25103954D-H1
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1552)
Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
Assigned sub: Health
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100479D
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Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0114)