Health Facilities

Expanded the definition of 'health facility' to include not-for-profit limited liability companies and retirement communities offering independent living services on the same campus as nursing or assisted living facilities.

Added new subsections to health facilities authority powers allowing them to make loans to affiliated entities, not just the health facility itself, provided loan proceeds benefit the health facility.

Changed fentanyl testing requirements from mandatory to optional for hospitals when test results are positive.

Updated various statutory references and provisions throughout the health facilities authority chapter to conform to the new definitions and loan powers.

Expanded the definition of 'health facility' to include limited liability companies that are organized as not-for-profit organizations and controlled directly or indirectly by one or more not-for-profit organizations.

Added new subsection (19) authorizing authorities to make mortgage or unsecured loans to health facilities for project costs, and new subsection (20) for loans to refund or refinance outstanding bonds and obligations.

Revised loan agreement provisions to allow loans to be made to affiliated entities if proceeds benefit the health facility, and updated language regarding project operation and maintenance obligations.

Corrected grammatical errors and inconsistent language throughout the statute text, such as changing 'may not shall be' to 'shall be' and fixing punctuation issues.