2025-2026 Regular SessionWashington D.C. Legislature

B26-0025: Certificate of Need Improvement Amendment Act of 2025

Legislative Summary

As introduced Bill 26-25 would exempt from the certificate of need process digital-only telehealth platforms and providers and primary care and specialty care providers not affiliated with hospitals and medical schools. It would remove the 3-year maximum on certificate of need applications for active projects and also require the State Health Planning and Development Agency to update the capital expenditure and medical equipment spending thresholds every two years. It also, among other things, would increase the number of beds that must be added or removed at a health care facility in order to trigger a certificate of need. FISCAL NOTE - Sections 2 and 3(a) of this bill are Subject to Appropriations. Please see the Fiscal Impact Statement for more information.

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Bill History

1/6/2025
Introduced in Office of the Secretary
City Council
1/7/2025
Referred to Committee on Health
City Council
1/10/2025
Notice of Intent to Act on B26-0025 Published in the DC Register
City Council
2/6/2025
Notice of Mark-up filed in the Office of Secretary
City Council
2/10/2025
Committee Mark-up of B26-0025
City Council
2/12/2025
Committee Report Filed
City Council
3/4/2025
First Reading, CC
City Council
4/1/2025
Final Reading, CC
City Council
4/7/2025
Transmitted to Mayor, Response Due on April 22, 2025
City Council
4/22/2025
Returned from Mayor
City Council
4/22/2025
Signed by the Mayor and Enacted with Act Number A26-0044
City Council
4/25/2025
Act A26-0044 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 004878
City Council
4/28/2025
Transmitted to Congress, Projected Law Date is Jun 14, 2025
City Council

Roll Call Votes

Final Reading, CC
4/1/2025
12
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
First Reading, CC
3/4/2025
12
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Passed(4/22/2025)
Chamber
City Council

Documents

Enrolled
Bill Text4/1/2025146.4 KB
Engrossed
Bill Text3/4/2025153.7 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/6/2025200.4 KB