CRC - 2017                                           CS for P 54
       
       
        
       By the Committee on General Provisions; and Commissioner
       Kruppenbacher
       
       335-00147-17                                            201754c1
    1                        A proposal to create                       
    2         a new section in Article X of the State Constitution
    3         to prohibit the state from limiting the number of
    4         specified health care facilities and services through
    5         the granting of certificates of need and to declare
    6         all conflicting laws void.
    7          
    8  Be It Proposed by the Constitution Revision Commission of
    9  Florida:
   10  
   11         A new section is added to Article X of the State
   12  Constitution to read:
   13                              ARTICLE X                            
   14                            MISCELLANEOUS                          
   15         Prohibition on limitations on health care facilities and
   16  services.—
   17         (a) The state may not limit the number of hospitals,
   18  nursing homes, hospices, or intermediate care facilities for
   19  individuals with intellectual disabilities, or services provided
   20  by these facilities, through the granting of certificates of
   21  need.
   22         (b) Upon the effective date of this section, laws that
   23  relate to certificate of need approval for the number of
   24  hospitals, nursing homes, hospices, or intermediate care
   25  facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities, or
   26  services provided by these facilities are void and of no effect.
   27  However, laws that restrict or limit the ownership or licensure
   28  of hospitals, nursing homes, hospices, or intermediate care
   29  facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities shall
   30  remain in effect.