CON; provide for exception to home health agency moratorium for certain hospice licensees.

HB 96 creates an exception to Mississippi's moratorium on new home health agency certificates of need. It allows the State Department of Health to issue up to five certificates of need specifically for hospice providers who received new licenses under Section 41-85-7(3). This directly affects those five hospice licensees, enabling them to operate home health services without waiting for the general moratorium to end. The bill modifies existing law to prioritize these new hospice licensees for home health certification. The exception applies only to the five hospice providers receiving new licenses under the referenced section.