AN ACT relating to certificate of need.

Amend KRS 216B.020, relating to certificates of need, to reformat the list of facilities and services exempt from certificate of need provisions; amend KRS 216B.095 to require rather than permit the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to grant a nonsubstantive review to listed health facilities and services; add a presumption of need and state health plan consistency to health facilities and services granted a nonsubstantive review; amend KRS 216B.062 to prohibit the cabinet from…

Introduced: February 18, 2025

Last action: February 26, 2025

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This bill changes how Kentucky regulates the construction or expansion of health care facilities through a process called "certificate of need," which requires state approval before certain health services can be added or expanded. It would make some approvals faster or automatic, prevent the state from grouping competing applications together, and launch a four-year pilot program starting in 2026 that relaxes some of these requirements in urban areas. The pilot program would be studied and…

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