GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 768

HOUSE BILL 170

 

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THAT CERTAIN HOSPITALS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF NEED FOR TRANSFERRING UP TO SIXTY-FIVE BEDS TO SKILLED NURSING HOME BEDS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 131E-178(a), as rewritten by Chapter 511 of the 1987 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:

"(a)      No person shall offer or develop a new institutional health service without first obtaining a certificate of need from the Department; provided, however, no hospital licensed pursuant to Article 5 of this Chapter that was established to serve a minority population that would not otherwise have been served and that continues to serve a minority population may be required to obtain a certificate of need for transferring up to 65 beds to skilled nursing home beds."

(b)       The State Health Plan shall include the 65 beds authorized for transfer by subsection (a) of this section in its total acute care bed allocation of 1,600 beds.

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 11th day of August, 1987.