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sSB-9
AN ACT PROMOTING HOSPITAL FINANCIAL STABILITY.
AMENDMENT
LCO No.: 5684
File Copy No.: 381
Senate Calendar No.: 243
Primary Analyst: JP 5/6/24
Contributing Analyst(s): (FN)
OFA Fiscal Note
See Fiscal Note Details
The amendment strikes the language and fiscal impact in the
underlying bill and results in the fiscal impact described below.
Section 1 results in a potential revenue gain to the General Fund by
expanding the Office of Health Strategy’s (OHS') Health Systems
Planning Unit's (HSPU's) Certificate of Need (CON) requirements. The
revenue gain is dependent on the number of applications received and
the cost of the transfer associated with the application
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Sections 2 and 3 modify the CON program for health care entities
beginning in FY 25, increasing annual HSPU expenditures of
approximately $440,000 in salary and fringe benefits beginning in FY 25
for two full-time positions and two consultants with external medical
expertise. The staff will be needed to conduct CON application reviews
on an annual basis. Costs related to HSPU are recovered via an
assessment collected from the various state hospitals; this assessment
results in a revenue gain to the General Fund that will offset the
increased cost to OHS.
Additionally, Section 3 requires OHS to develop and implement an
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The application fee is determined by the cost of the project, based on a scale described
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expedited CON review process. HSPU will incur a one-time cost of
$100,000 in FY 25 to hire a consultant to assist the department in meeting
the deadline for this project.
Section 4 makes changes regarding CON approval requirements and
does not result in a fiscal impact.
Section 5 requires HSPU to convene a technical expert panel and
develop a supplemental report on the state's cardiac services in
consultation with that panel, which will not result in a fiscal impact.
Section 6 requires the executive director of OHS to assess a civil
penalty of up to $5,000 to hospitals that do not comply with the financial
reporting requirements set forth in this section. This results in a revenue
gain for the general fund to the extent that civil penalties are assessed.
The preceding Fiscal Impact statement is prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely
for the purposes of information, summarization and explanation and does not represent the intent of the General
Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose. In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of
informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge. Whenever applicable, agency data is
consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any
specific department.