Proposed S.B. No. 256
Session Year 2025

AN ACT REVISING THE CERTIFICATE OF NEED PROCESS FOR LABOR AND DELIVERY AND INTENSIVE CARE UNITS.

To protect residents from living in a health care desert.

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