AN ACT relating to certificates of need.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to require that all health services, equipment, programs, centers, facilities, beds, agencies, technologies, or hospitals listed in the state health plan except nursing facility beds or long-term care beds, to be granted a nonsubstantive review of an application for certificate of need by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services unless otherwise exempt from a certificate of need requirement, regardless of any law to the contrary; require the cabinet to amend the state health plan and any necessary administrative regulations by December 31, 2024.