Tabled

AMENDMENT NO 2 PROPOSED TO

House Bill No. 1221

BY: Representative Robinson (84th)

     AMEND by inserting the following after line 664:

          "(t)  The State Department of Health shall issue a certificate of need to a hospital in Clarke County for the addition of not more than six (6) nursing facility beds to the nursing facility at the hospital by converting existing rooms in the hospital to nursing facility rooms.  For the purpose of this paragraph (t), 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."

     AMEND FURTHER, the title, by inserting the following after the semicolon on line 15:

"TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SHALL ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF NEED TO A HOSPITAL IN CLARKE COUNTY FOR THE ADDITION OF NOT MORE THAN SIX NURSING FACILITY BEDS TO THE NURSING FACILITY AT THE HOSPITAL;"