Legislation


H 76 – North Carolina

Status: Enacted
Year Introduced: 2023
Link: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H76

Revises defined terms applicable to certificates of need (CON) laws in Article 9, set forth in GS 131E-176, as follows. Changes the threshold criteria for diagnostic center to include a facility, program, or provider in which the total cost of all medical diagnostic equipment used by the facility which costs more than $10,000 or more exceeds $3 million (currently, the cost threshold is set at $1.5 million). Removes psychiatric facilities and chemical dependency treatment facilities from the definition of health service facility; makes conforming deletions from the term health service facility bed. Changes the threshold criteria for replacement equipment to include equipment that costs less than $3 million (was $2 million) as described; requires annually adjusting the threshold beginning September 30, 2023 using the Medical Care Index of the CPI as specified. Amends GS 131E-184 by exempting from certificate of need review a new institutional health service if it receives prior written notice from the proposing entity to allow a licensed home care agency to provide early and periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment services to children up to 21 years of age in compliance with federal Medicaid requirements; applicable to all licensed child care agencies whether or not Medicare-certified. Repeals subsections (c) and (d) of the statute, relating to CON review exemptions for certain psychiatric beds or chemical dependency or substance abuse service facilities, now excluded from the definition of hospital service facility and beds. Replaces the set threshold amounts referenced in subsections (e), (f), and (g), to instead refer to “monetary” thresholds relating to capital expenditures and replacement equipment costs.


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