What you should know:
1. The bill will partially eliminate the state’s CON laws, allowing new hospitals to open in Florida without CON approval by 2021.
2. The Senate voted 23-17 and the House voted 83-34 to pass the CON repeal.
3. Florida nursing homes, hospices and intermediate care facilities would still require CONs.
4. The bill will also established a regulatory framework for telehealth services.
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