CON; remove intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities from CON law.

HB 41 would remove intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities from Mississippi's Certificate of Need (CON) law. This means these facilities would no longer require state approval before making major expansions, renovations, or purchasing expensive equipment (like capital expenditures over $5 million for clinical services). The bill specifically targets the legal definition of "health care facility" in Mississippi law, excluding these facilities from CON review requirements. This change would directly affect providers of intermediate care services for people with intellectual disabilities by reducing regulatory hurdles for facility improvements.