Legislation introduced into the Georgia Senate Wednesday would remove restrictions the General Assembly imposed on Cancer Treatment Centers of America when the state allowed the company to open a hospital in Newnan, Ga., in 2008.
Under the bill, the hospital no longer would be required to receive at least 65 percent of its patients from out of state and would be allowed to exceed the cap of 50 beds contained in current law.
The legislature amended Georgia's Certificate of Need (CON) law seven years…
Legislation introduced into the Georgia Senate Wednesday would remove restrictions the General Assembly imposed on Cancer Treatment Centers of America when the state allowed the company to open a hospital in Newnan, Ga., in 2008.
Under the bill, the hospital no longer would be required to receive at least 65 percent of its patients from out of state and would be allowed to exceed the cap of 50 beds contained in current law.
The legislature amended Georgia's Certificate of Need (CON) law seven years…