***Adopted***
AMENDMENT No. 3 PROPOSED TO
Senate Bill NO. 2251
By Senator(s) Huggins, 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), in Yalobusha, Newton or Tallahatchie county, 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;