The Georgia House Health Committee heard nearly an hour of testimony Tuesday on a revised version of a bill that would allow new hospitals to be built in counties of fewer than 50,000 people without a “certificate of need” from state regulators. However, they took no action on SB 99 by state Sen. Greg Dolezal, R-Cumming, and made no indication of when they might revisit the bill.
“We are looking at a sub that came in right when we walked in the door,” said Committee Chairman Sen. Lee Hawkins, R-Gainesville. “We have a two-hour committee rule, and it’s not fair to this committee to subject them to a quick vote on this. We are going to take our time and that’s all for today.”
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