(a) A facility shall be eligible to apply for a rural emergency hospital license if such facility, as of December 27, 2020, was a: (1) Licensed critical access hospital; (2) general hospital with not more than 50 licensed beds located in a county in a rural area as defined in section 1886(d)(2)(D) of the federal social security act; or (3) general hospital with not more than 50 licensed beds that is deemed as being located in a rural area pursuant to section 1886(d)(8)(E) of the federal social security act. (b) A facility applying for licensure as a rural emergency hospital shall include with the licensure application: (1) An action plan for initiating rural emergency hospital services, including a detailed transition plan that lists the specific services that the facility will retain, modify, add and discontinue; (2) a description of services that the facility intends to provide on an outpatient basis; and (3) such other information as required by rules and regulations adopted by the department of health and environment. (c) A rural emergency hospital shall not have inpatient beds, except that such hospital may have a unit that is a distinct part of such hospital and that is licensed as a skilled nursing facility to provide post-hospital extended care services. (d) A rural emergency hospital may own and operate an entity that provides ambulance services. (e) A licensed general hospital or critical access hospital that applies for and receives licensure as a rural emergency hospital and elects to operate as a rural emergency hospital shall retain its original license as a general hospital or critical access hospital. Such original license shall remain inactive while the rural emergency hospital license is in effect. CAUTION: Section was amended by L. 2024, ch. 108, § 3, to be effective upon publication in the Kansas Register of the notice prescribed in K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 65-489. Neither the Rural Emergency Hospital Adjustment Act, S. 3394, 118th Cong. (2023) or H.R. 7759, 118th Cong. (2024) passed into law. Consequently, the amendments passed by the Legislature to K.S.A. 65-484 during the 2024 Legislative Session will not take effect.
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