Adopted

AMENDMENT NO 6 TO AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

Senate Bill No. 2764

BY: Senator(s) Ross

     AMEND by striking the sentence beginning on line 1234 through 1254 and substitute in lieu thereof the following:

All final decisions regarding the issuance of a certificate of need shall be made by the State Board of Health * * *.  The State Board of Health * * * shall make its written findings and issue its order after reviewing said record. * * *

     (3)  If the decision by the State Board of Health concerning the issuance of a certificate of need is not complete within * * * ninety (90) days, the certificate of need shall not be granted.  The proponent of the proposal may, within thirty (30) days, after the expiration of the specified time for the decision, or within thirty (30) days of an adverse decision, commence such legal action as is necessary, in the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County or in the chancery court of the county in which the new institutional health service is proposed to be provided, to compel the State Board of Health * * * to issue written findings and written order approving or disapproving the proposal in question.