Requires hospitals to maintain minimum services when relocating from underserved community.

This bill requires hospitals approved to relocate from an underserved community to maintain minimum services at their original location. Specifically, it mandates that such hospitals keep all required professional departments, inpatient beds, and essential services - those a general acute care hospital must provide under existing rules (N.J.A.C. 8:33-3.1) - under the same license. It applies to hospitals moving from communities meeting strict criteria, including being designated as medically underserved by federal and state standards. The law takes effect immediately and covers relocations approved in the prior 12 months.