Key Votes
LB 999 - Temporary Prohibition on New Hospital Licenses - Key Vote
Nebraska Key Votes
Deb Fischer voted Yea (Passage) on this legislation.
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Legislation - Signed (Executive) - April 14, 2010
Title: Temporary Prohibition on New Hospital Licenses
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (41-6) - April 13, 2010 (Key vote)
Title: Temporary Prohibition on New Hospital Licenses
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from accepting an application for or issuing a license for a new hospital beginning on the effective date of this Act through September 15, 2011, unless it is a license application for a critical access hospital or construction began prior to May 1, 2010.
- -Referral practices;
-Ownership disclosure;
-Uncompensated and under-compensated patient care;
-Joint ventures among or between hospitals, physicians, and investors;
-Reinvestment in facilities;
-Community benefits;
-Comparison of the roles of general acute hospitals, critical access hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, and other limited service facilities;
-Clarification and definition of limited service facilities, such as physician-owned hospitals and investor- owned hospitals;
-Compliance with the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (42 USA 1395dd); and
-The impact of federal health care legislation on all the items listed above.
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - Jan. 20, 2010
Title: Temporary Prohibition on New Hospital Licenses
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Co-sponsors
- Kent Rogert (NE - N) (Out Of Office)
