AN ACT relating to ambulatory surgical centers.

This bill would allow certain eye surgery and endoscopy surgery centers to open without first obtaining a certificate of need, which is a state approval currently required before new medical facilities can be established. It sets specific criteria these centers must meet to qualify for the exemption. This changes the regulatory process for a specific category of outpatient surgical facilities in Kentucky. Who it may affect: patients seeking outpatient eye or digestive procedures, and operators or developers of ophthalmology and endoscopy surgical centers.

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