February 6, 2012
On Jan. 19, 2012, the North Carolina House Select Committee on Certificate of Need Process and Related Hospital Issues ("Committee") met to begin the process of determining which recommendations it will make to the House regarding the Certificate of Need (CON) and Certificate of Public Advantage (COPA) process. The Committee intends to submit draft language for revising the CON laws at their final meeting later this year.
Note that the Committee has not yet determined all the proposals that it will make. Thus far, the Committee intends to make the following recommendations:
The Committee has discussed only roughly one-third of the issues on its proposed agenda. The Committee is scheduled to meet again on Feb. 15, 2012, March 15, 2012, and April 19, 2012, for further discussions on the final recommendations.
You can view a copy of the Committee’s full topics for discussion here.
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