eLaws of Florida

  SECTION 408.035. Review criteria.  


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  • 1The agency shall determine the reviewability of applications and shall review applications for certificate-of-need determinations for health care facilities in context with the following criteria:
    26(1) 27The need for the health care facilities being proposed.
    36137(2) 38The availability, quality of care, accessibility, and extent of utilization of existing health care facilities and health services in the service district of the applicant.
    63(3) 64The ability of the applicant to provide quality of care and the applicant’s record of providing quality of care.
    83(4) 84The availability of resources, including health personnel, management personnel, and funds for capital and operating expenditures, for project accomplishment and operation.
    105(5) 106The extent to which the proposed services will enhance access to health care for residents of the service district.
    125(6) 126The immediate and long-term financial feasibility of the proposal.
    135(7) 136The extent to which the proposal will foster competition that promotes quality and cost-effectiveness.
    150(8) 151The costs and methods of the proposed construction, including the costs and methods of energy provision and the availability of alternative, less costly, or more effective methods of construction.
    180(9) 181The applicant’s past and proposed provision of health care services to Medicaid patients and the medically indigent.
    198(10) 199The applicant’s designation as a Gold Seal Program nursing facility pursuant to s. 212400.235, 213when the applicant is requesting additional nursing home beds at that facility.
History.-s. 22, ch. 87-92; s. 20, ch. 88-294; s. 15, ch. 92-33; ss. 37, 50, ch. 93-217; s. 30, ch. 95-210; s. 36, ch. 97-103; s. 39, ch. 97-264; s. 2, ch. 97-270; s. 20, ch. 99-394; s. 6, ch. 2000-256; s. 7, ch. 2000-318; s. 5, ch. 2004-383; s. 1, ch. 2008-29; ss. 11, 12, ch. 2019-136.

Note

Note.-Section 12, ch. 2019-136, amended subsection (2), effective July 1, 2021, to read:

(2) The availability, quality of care, accessibility, and extent of utilization of existing health care facilities in the service district of the applicant.

Note.-Former s. 381.705.

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