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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 HB 1552.
Introduced
Jan 7, 2025
Last Action
Mar 19, 2025
Session
VA 2025
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Approved by Governor-Chapter 135 (Effective 07/01/25)
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0135)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
Signed by President
Signed by Speaker
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1177)
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1177ER)
Enrolled
Read third time
Passed House (96-Y 0-N)
Read second time
Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N)
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
Placed on Calendar
Read first time
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
Engrossed by Senate
Read second time
Passed by for the day
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)
Rules suspended
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1177)
Assigned Education sub: Health
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103595D
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Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0135)
David R. Suetterlein