The spending plan will allow for the placement of ASCs in any state county without a hospital. Additionally, single-specialty ASCs would be allowed to convert to multispecialty ASCs without going through a certificate-of-need process.
Currently, state certificate-of-need laws regulate how much spending healthcare facilities can undertake in a given geographic area.
The Senate proposal would also force state hospitals to cut costs in health plans for state employees by $125 million by 2024 or risk losing their licensure, according to the report.
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