Hearing
Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Hearing
Finance and Taxation at 15:00:00
SB285 Alabama 2025 Session
Updated Jan 14, 2026
SB285 Alabama 2025 Session
Senate Bill
Expired
Current Status
2025 Regular Session
Session
1
Sponsor
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
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Larry Stutts SenatorRepublican - Session
- 2025 Regular Session
- Title
- Certificate of need; exclude new or expanded obstretric and psychiatric facilities from requirement
- Description
Under existing law, health care institutions and providers must apply for and obtain a certificate of need as a requirement for constructing new medical facilities or offering new or expanded health care services.
This bill would eliminate the certificate of need requirement for any proposed new or expanded facility or health care service that provides obstetric care or psychiatric treatment.
This bill would also delete duplicative language and also make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.
- Subjects
- Health
Bill Actions
S
Pending Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
S
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
Calendar
Hearing
Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Hearing
Finance and Taxation at 13:00:00
Bill Text
Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature