Supreme Court asks for briefs related to new certificate of need law
by Clay Chandler
Published: August 7,2011
Tags: Attorney General Jim Hood, certificate of need, CON, LLC, Mississippi Department of Health and Dialysis Solutions, Supreme Court
A month after it took effect, a law designed to streamline the appeals process related to certificates of need is having its constitutionality questioned by the Mississippi Supreme Court.
The court entered an order July 28 asking for briefs from Attorney General Jim Hood, the Mississippi Department of Health and Dialysis Solutions, LLC, that will address the constitutionality of the new law, which passed in the last legislative session.
House Bill 826 allowed healthcare providers wanting to appeal a final ruling from the MSDH over a CON application to do so directly to the state Supreme Court; previously, appeals went first…
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