2015 House Bill 4729

Repeal healthcare facility rationing (“certificate of need”)

Introduced in the House

June 17, 2015

Introduced by Rep. Cindy Gamrat (R-80)

To repeal the state “Certificate of Need” (CON) program, which rations the availability of health care facilities and technology by requiring health care providers to seek permission from a government commission for new or expanded facilities and capital equipment (like MRIs). House Bill 4728 is the main bill in this package; this bill would repeal references to CON in the administrative procedures act.

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy