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AMENDMENT NO 3 TO COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

House Bill No. 1221

BY: Senator(s) Flowers

     AMEND by inserting the following after line 1234:

     (18)  The State Department of Health shall issue a certificate of need for the construction of a new acute care hospital in the City of Olive Branch in DeSoto County, not to exceed one hundred (100) acute care beds.  For purposes of this subsection, the provisions of Section 41-7-193(1) requiring substantial compliance with the projection of need as reported in the current State Health Plan are waived.

     FURTHER, amend the title to conform.