S-3013

   Amend Senate File 75 as follows:
   1.  Page 1, by striking lines 19 and 20 and inserting <be considered staffed if a physician, advanced registered nurse practitioner, or physician assistant is available>
   2.  Page 4, by striking lines 4 through 8 and inserting: 
   <2.  A conversion of a critical access hospital or general hospital to a rural emergency hospital shall not require a certificate of need pursuant to section 135.63.>
   3.  Page 10, by striking line 7 and inserting <shall adopt emergency rules within six months of the effective date of this Act under section 17A.4, subsection 3,>

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COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

JEFF EDLER, CHAIRPERSON