An Act to increase patient access to certain health care services

This bill amends state laws to clarify how health care facilities are defined and what constitutes a "substantial change in services" for regulatory purposes. It directly affects hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, and other medical institutions by updating the rules that determine when a facility must report new or expanded services to the state department. The legislation specifically excludes spiritual healing centers and ambulatory surgical centers from the definition of a health care facility and clarifies that adding staff alone does not count as a major service change unless it significantly increases operating costs. Additionally, the bill sets specific financial and capacity thresholds for what counts as a substantial change for different types of facilities, such as requiring a minimum expenditure or an increase of more than twelve beds for non-hospital settings.