Panel advances bill to expand expedited COPN review for psychiatric projects
Get AI-powered insights, summaries, and transcripts
Subscribe
Summary
SB 10 64 would expand the types of psychiatric projects eligible for expedited Certificate of Public Need review—adding establishment, addition, and relocation of psychiatric beds—and codify procedures for expedited review; the subcommittee reported the bill after testimony of health-sector stakeholders.
Senator Hashmi presented Senate Bill 10 64 to expand expedited review under the Certificate of Public Need (COPN) process specifically for psychiatric projects. The bill would include establishing psychiatric medical care facilities, adding psychiatric beds, and relocating psychiatric beds among the categories eligible for expedited review and would codify the Virginia Department of Health’s procedures for expedited review. The measure also allows the commissioner to condition a certificate on acceptance of TDOs.
Stakeholders including Clark Baron of the Medical Society of Virginia, Trevor Moncure of the Psychiatric Society of Virginia, and Brent Rawlings of the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association spoke in support, saying the legislation reflects recommendations from the state health services plan task force and aims to expand psychiatric capacity.
The subcommittee moved to report the bill; the clerk recorded SB 10 64 as reported (vote recorded in the hearing).