2016 Senate Bill 741

Revise healthcare facility rationing (“certificate of need”)

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 3, 2016

Introduced by Sen. Rick Jones (R-24)

To revise the state “Certificate of Need” (CON) program, which rations the availability of health care facilities and technology. The bill would remove cone-beam dental imaging equipment from the list of items for which a company must get government approval before it can be installed in a Michigan facility.

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy

March 24, 2016

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the bill pass.