Health facilities: certificate of need; certificate of need requirements for certain outpatient imaging centers; modify. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 22224d.

SB 148 modifies Michigan's certificate of need requirements for specific outpatient imaging services. It allows providers to file a "letter of intent" with the Department of Health instead of obtaining a full certificate of need to initiate, expand, replace, relocate, or acquire PET scan, MRI, or CT scan services at non-hospital outpatient imaging centers. Within 30 days, the department must send written acknowledgment if the services meet the criteria, and providers cannot proceed without this approval. The bill defines "outpatient imaging center" as facilities not owned by hospitals and without facility fees. This change streamlines the process for certain imaging services while maintaining department oversight.