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Notice: 15489171

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION

Division:

Certificate of Need

Chapter:

PROCEDURES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF SECTIONS 408.031-408.045, FLORIDA STATUTES, HEALTH FACILITY AND SERVICES DEVELOPMENT ACT

Overview

RULE:

59C-1.040	New Hospital Inpatient Psychiatric Services
59C-1.041	New Hospital Inpatient Substance Abuse Services

PURPOSE:

The Agency is proposing to amend 59C-1.040 and 59C-1.041 to remove, update and condense language regarding new hospital inpatient psychiatric services and hospital inpatient substance abuse services. The amendments will also incorporate material regarding population estimates.

SUMMARY:

The proposed amendments to this rule include: updates to definitions, updates to language on excluded hospitals, adding incorporated material, updating statutory language, improving/condensing the language for the needs assessment methodology, removing references to State and Local Health Council District health plans, removing language citing 59C-1.038 (repealed), removing language requiring accreditation pursuant to 408.043(4), removing obsolete language and items from the utilization reporting requirement, removing language regarding amended licenses and removing language regarding the applicability of the amended rule.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

408.034 (3), (8) and 408.15 (8) FS.

LAW:

408.034 (3), 408.035, 408.036 (1) (b), (c) and 408.039 (4) (a) FS.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

1/5/2015 Vol. 41/02

COMMENTS:

From 1/5/2015 To 1/26/2015 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

Ref-01677 Department of Health Office of Vital Statistics Florida Vital Statistics Annual Report 2010, Deaths; Office of the Governor Florida Population Estimates and Projections by AHCA District 2000 to 2020, released September 2010

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