Title 900 | Chapter 005 | Regulation 020E
This emergency administrative regulation is necessary to update the State HealthPlan to increase access to all levels of pediatric healthcare including psychiatric care by allowing the construction of a pediatric teaching hospital. This emergency regulation is also necessary to increase access to Level II Special Care Neonatal beds, and increased access to NICU services, and grant nonsubstantive review status to certificate of need applications submitted by licensed health facilities by creating neonatal beds. This emergency administrative regulation is deemed to be an emergency pursuant to KRS 13A.190(1)(a)1. in order to ensure access to care for all citizens of the commonwealth. Updated changes to the State Health Plan are needed to immediately help promote access to healthcare across the state and to maintain consistency with the companion administrative regulation filed concurrently, 900 KAR 6:075E, addressing nonsubstantive review of certificate of need applications. This emergency administrative regulation will be replaced by an ordinary administrative regulation in an effort to promote greater access to care across Kentucky, help provide relief to the commonwealth’s overburdened healthcare systems, and help prevent ongoing delays in healthcare delivery. The ordinary administrative regulation will not be identical to the emergency administrative regulation.
900 KAR 5:020E.State Health Plan for facilities and services.
Section 1.
The State Health Plan shall be used to:(1)
Review a certificate of need application pursuant to KRS 216B.040; and(2)
Determine whether a substantial change to a health service has occurred pursuant to KRS 216B.015(29)(a) and 216B.061(1)(d).Section 2.
Incorporation by Reference.(1)
The "2025 Update to the State Health Plan", June 2025, is incorporated by reference.(2)
This material may be inspected, copied, or obtained, subject to applicable copyright law, at the Office of Inspector General, Division of Certificate of Need, 275 East Main Street, 5E-A, Frankfort, Kentucky 40621, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. This material may also be viewed on the Office of Inspector General's Web site at: https://chfs.ky.gov/agencies/os/oig/dcn/Pages/cn.aspx.This emergency administrative regulation is necessary to update the State HealthPlan to increase access to all levels of pediatric healthcare including psychiatric care by allowing the construction of a pediatric teaching hospital. This emergency regulation is also necessary to increase access to Level II Special Care Neonatal beds, and increased access to NICU services, and grant nonsubstantive review status to certificate of need applications submitted by licensed health facilities by creating neonatal beds. This emergency administrative regulation is deemed to be an emergency pursuant to KRS 13A.190(1)(a)1. in order to ensure access to care for all citizens of the commonwealth. Updated changes to the State Health Plan are needed to immediately help promote access to healthcare across the state and to maintain consistency with the companion administrative regulation filed concurrently, 900 KAR 6:075E, addressing nonsubstantive review of certificate of need applications. This emergency administrative regulation will be replaced by an ordinary administrative regulation in an effort to promote greater access to care across Kentucky, help provide relief to the commonwealth’s overburdened healthcare systems, and help prevent ongoing delays in healthcare delivery. The ordinary administrative regulation will not be identical to the emergency administrative regulation.