Replaced by Substitute

AMENDMENT NO 1 TO COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

House Bill No.  569

BY: Senator(s) Bryan

     AMEND by striking lines 1229 through 1271 and inserting the following language in lieu thereof:

(22)  Except as provided in this subsection (22), the University of Mississippi Medical Center shall comply with all provisions of this section.

The University of Mississippi Medical Center need not obtain a certificate of need for any hospital beds, services, health care facilities, or medical equipment which have been approved and continuously operated under a certificate of need exemption for a teaching hospital, or which are approved before July 1, 2025, so long as they do not undergo a physical relocation.

Thereafter, the University of Mississippi Medical Center has an academic exemption from the certificate of need requirements only within the following area in Jackson, Mississippi:  starting at the intersection of Livingston Road and Woodrow Wilson Avenue, proceeding east along the south curb line of Woodrow Wilson Avenue until it intersects the west curb line of U.S. Interstate 55, proceeding north along the west curb line of U.S. Interstate 55 until it intersects the north curb line of Lakeland Drive, proceeding west along the north curb line of Lakeland Drive and extending such curb line west until it intersects Livingston Road, and proceeding south along the west curb line of Livingston Road to the point of origin.

In order to qualify for an academic exemption, the state health officer must determine that the proposed equipment or facility fulfills a substantial and meaningful academic function.

(23)  The State Department of Health shall issue a certificate of need to any psychiatric hospital located in Jackson, Mississippi, which was providing adult psychiatric services as of January 1, 2025, under a certificate of need which was transferred to them within the past five (5) years; which new certificate of need shall authorize the same services as the existing certificate of need, provided that the hospital relinquish its existing certificate of need effective as of the date that the new certificate of need takes effect.

(24)  (a)  The State Department of Health shall conduct a study to review and make recommendations regarding Section 41-7-171 et seq., to be specifically focused on the following topics:

(i)  The feasibility of exempting small hospitals from the requirement for a certificate of need for the placement of dialysis units to reduce the number of transfers for patients requiring dialysis;

(ii)  The feasibility of exempting small hospitals from the requirement for a certificate of need to operate geriatric psychiatric units; and

(iii)  The feasibility of a new requirement that acute adult psychiatric units treat a certain percentage of uninsured patients or pay a periodic fee in lieu thereof.

(b)  The department shall make a final report of its findings and recommendations, including any recommended legislation and funding needs, to the Legislature before December 1, 2025.

     FURTHER, AMEND on line 1646 by striking "July 1, 2025, and shall stand repealed on June 30, 2025" and inserting "its passage" in lieu thereof.

     FURTHER, AMEND the title to conform.