House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

Provides that the Department of Health and Human Services will exempt from certificate of need review the establishment of a home health agency by a continuing care retirement community licensed under Article 64 of Chapter 58 to provide home health services to residents of a continuing care community who have entered into a contract to receive continuing care services with lodging. Provides that a continuing care retirement community seeking to provide home health services to individuals who do not reside at the continuing care retirement community pursuant to a contract for care services and lodging will be required to obtain a certificate of need as a home health agency prior to developing or offering home health services to any individual who is not a resident of the continuing care retirement community under contract to receive care services with lodging.