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AMENDMENT No. 2 PROPOSED TO

Senate Bill NO. 2251

By Senator(s) Huggins, Jordan, Tollison

AMEND by inserting the following paragraph after line 554:

(vi) If more than one (1) application is made for a certificate of need for nursing home facility beds available under this paragraph (q), and one (1) of the applicants is a county-owned hospital, the department shall give priority to the county-owned hospital in granting the certificate of need.

FURTHER, AMEND the title by inserting the following after the semicolon on line 4:

TO PROVIDE THAT ANY COUNTY-OWNED HOSPITAL SHALL HAVE PRIORITY IN APPLYING FOR CERTIFICATES OF NEED FOR NURSING FACILITY BEDS;