Introduced
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To exempt from the "certificate of need" process rural hospitals seeking to obtain a fixed magnetic resonance imager (MRI) unit, if they have performed at least 4,000 MRI procedures from a mobile MRI unit within the most recent 12-month period. The state “Certificate of Need” program limits the availability of health care facilities and technology by requiring health care providers to seek permission from a state commission for new or expanded facilities, or to add certain pieces of capital-intensive, including MRIs.
Referred to the Committee on Health Policy
