08-R155

2008 -- H 8154

Enacted 04/09/08

H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N

CREATING A SPECIAL HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMISSION TO STUDY ANY AND ALL ASPECTS OF THE CERTIFICATE OF NEED PROCESS AND THE HEALTH SERVICES COUNCIL

Introduced By: Representatives Naughton, Carter, Slater, Church, and E Coderre

Date Introduced: April 09, 2008

     RESOLVED, That a special House health services council and certificate of need

oversight commission be and the same is hereby created consisting of nine (9) members of the

House of Representatives, not more than seven (7) from the same political party, to be appointed

by the Speaker of the House.

     The purpose of said commission shall be to make a comprehensive study of the health

services council and the certificate of need process to include but not be limited to whether the

health services council is properly implementing the law as it relates to the requirements for the

approval of applications and complying with the legislative intent, to recommend changes to the

existing law and to further study any and all aspects of the certificate of need process and the

health services council.

     Forthwith upon passage of this resolution, the members of the commission shall meet at

the call of the Speaker of the House and organize and shall select a chairperson. Vacancies in said

commission shall be filled in like manner as the original appointment.

     The membership of said commission shall receive no compensation for their services.

     All departments and agencies of the state, shall furnish such advice and information

documentary and otherwise, to said commission and its agents as is deemed necessary or

desirable by the commission to facilitate the purposes of this resolution.

     The Speaker of the House is hereby authorized and directed to provide suitable quarters

for said commission; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the commission shall report its findings and recommendations to the

House of Representatives no later than May 15, 2009, and said commission shall expire on July

15, 2009.

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