A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ENSURE EQUAL TREATMENT OF HEALTH SERVICE APPLICANTS UNDER THE STATE MEDICAL FACILITIES PLAN.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 131E‑183(b) reads as rewritten:
(b)	The Department is authorized to adopt rules for the review of particular types of applications that will be used in addition to those criteria outlined in subsection (a) of this section and may vary according to the purpose for which a particular review is being conducted or the type of health service reviewed.  All such rules, and all policies and need determinations in the State Medical Facilities Plan, shall apply equally to all applications for a particular type of health service."SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.