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Introduced
01/21/2022
01/21/2022
In Committee
03/03/2022
03/03/2022
Crossed Over
03/09/2022
03/09/2022
Passed
03/11/2022
03/11/2022
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
04/07/2022
04/07/2022
Introduced Session
2022 Regular Session
Bill Summary
Pioneer Community Hospital of Patrick County; Investigate feasibility of reopening and alternatives. Provides that the Patrick County Board of Supervisors may enter into a contract to investigate the feasibility of reopening the Pioneer Community Hospital of Patrick County, formerly known as the R.J. Reynolds Patrick County Memorial Hospital, to provide health care services, including emergency medical and rural health care services, necessary to meet the needs of residents of Patrick County and the surrounding localities and provides that any investigation undertaken pursuant to this act shall be complete by October 1, 2023. Pioneer Community Hospital of Patrick County; Investigate feasibility of reopening and alternatives. Provides that the Patrick County Board of Supervisors may enter into a contract to investigate the feasibility of reopening the Pioneer Community Hospital of Patrick County, formerly known as the R.J. Reynolds Patrick County Memorial Hospital, to provide health care services, including emergency medical and rural health care services, necessary to meet the needs of residents of Patrick County and the surrounding localities and provides that any investigation undertaken pursuant to this act shall be complete by October 1, 2023.
AI Summary
This bill provides that the Patrick County Board of Supervisors may enter into a contract to investigate the feasibility of reopening the Pioneer Community Hospital of Patrick County, formerly known as the R.J. Reynolds Patrick County Memorial Hospital, to provide health care services, including emergency medical and rural health care services, necessary to meet the needs of residents of Patrick County and the surrounding localities. The investigation must be completed by October 1, 2023. The bill also allows the State Health Commissioner to issue a license to an acute care hospital located in Patrick County that was previously licensed as an acute care hospital prior to December 31, 2018, and exempts the reestablishment of a general hospital with certain specifications in Patrick County from the certificate of public need requirements, provided certain conditions are met.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services
Sponsors (1)
Last Action
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0147) (on 04/07/2022)
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