AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES
Summary
Imposes a hospital licensing fee for fiscal year 2026 against net patient-services revenue of every non-government owned hospital for the hospital’s first fiscal year ending on or after January 1, 2024.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 19, 2025
Last action Jun 4, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Jun 4, 2025
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 36
Jun 4, 2025
D
Democratic32
93% Yea
R
Republican4
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Jun 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
06/04/2025 Senate read and passed
upper
Jun 2, 2025
Legislature · Passed
06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Mar 25, 2025
Committee
03/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Mar 19, 2025
Introduced
03/19/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
upper
10 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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