A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO change THE DEFINITION OF "Critical access hospital" TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL law.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 131E‑76(1a) reads as rewritten:
"§ 131E‑76.  Definitions.
As used in this article, unless otherwise specified:
…(1a)	"Critical access hospital" means a hospital which has been designated as a critical access hospital by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Research, Demonstrations and Rural Health Development. To be designated as a critical access hospital under this subdivision, the hospital must be certified as a critical access hospital pursuant to 42 CFR Part 485 Subpart F."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.