Health; freestanding emergency departments under the certificate of need program; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state health planning and development, so as to provide for freestanding emergency departments under the certificate of need program; to provide an exemption from certificate of need requirements for certain inpatient beds for behavioral health patients and for freestanding emergency departments in rural counties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.