Bill > HB662

This bill revises the definition of a "rural hospital organization" in Georgia to include rural freestanding emergency departments in addition to acute care hospitals, and it clarifies that the hospital's primary campus must be located in a rural county or be a critical access hospital. It also updates requirements for participation in Medicaid and Medicare, specifies that hospitals must be licensed to provide maternal and newborn services or have at least 5 percent of their annual net revenue categorized as indigent care, charity care, or bad debt (a reduction from the previous 10 percent), and removes a complex calculation related to a hospital's patient margin. These changes aim to broaden eligibility for rural hospital organizations, potentially impacting tax credits for contributions to these entities.

Health and Social Services

https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70947