Criticism of excessive government and involuntary consequences
Critics of the bill say that the creation of more supervision in the health care sector is government surpassing. Others agree that a certain regulation is necessary, but fear that this bill may have had unforeseen consequences and dissuade well -intentioned and well -intentioned investments.
“In some cases, the private investment and the innovation that accompanies it may be necessary to provide access to the poorly served areas,” said the republican leader of the room, Jesse Topper, who represents the counties of Bedford and Fulton and voted no.
But supporters argue that the bill does not prohibit investment capital in health care. On the contrary, this calls for a more in -depth examination in order to prevent other hospitals in the hands of for -profit companies, said Democrat Lisa Borowski, the main sponsor of the bill representing the county of Delaware.
“We have heard that there are cases where investment capital can be a rescue buoy for service providers. We are not interested in preventing care or making access more difficult, ”she said. “We are interested in ensuring that bad players do not come to our Commonwealth, target health establishments in difficulty and sell parts for personal purposes.”
Even among the supporters of the bill, there were criticisms that the legislation had not gone far enough.
The Republican Craig Williams, who represents County of Chester and lives in the county of Delaware, called the final version of the “lower” bill after the modifications were adopted “increasing the burden of evidence that (the Attorney General) must establish to prevent the investment capital from destroying our hospitals”.
“But sometimes just do a little good,” said Williams. “I hope for you that you never have a hospital closure in your county. I hope the Private Equity never comes to your county to take control of your health care. But if this is the case, the Bill 1460 of the room is there for you, ready to give the Attorney General the opportunity to give you some relief. ”
Chances of adoption in the Senate
The Kearney State senator said that republican management in the Senate has shown an interest in considering the bill before the new Committee for sustainability and institutional innovationwhere changes can be made to the version of the bill in the bill.
“I think that the biggest questions for us will be around the inclusion of doctors’ practices, nursing homes-there is a huge problem in nursing homes, but there are a lot of people in this industry who say they are counting on the investment capital to get the commercial part of it,” he said. “So there will be interesting discussions in front of us.”
In previous years, Kearney said that the opposition of the Pennsylvania hospital and health health, or HAP, had made it difficult to carry out surveillance legislation, especially because older versions also applied the surveillance requirements for non -profit hospitals.
“Non -profit organizations are already subject to the Prosecutor General Examination Protocol for fundamental change transactions affecting non -profit organizations for health care, in addition to rigorous federal surveillance,” said association leaders.
This year, Keaney said that the legislators worked closely with the association to create the language and amendments to the bill, although not all of them were adopted in the Bill of the Chamber.
The president and chief executive officer of the HAP, Nicole Stallings, declared in a press release that even if the association could not support the current version of the bill, “we are committed to remaining in the legislative process and we are impatiently awaiting continuous conversations to further refine language to reflect the complexity of health care transactions while guaranteeing access to care.”
More specifically, Stallings said that the association sought to clarify exactly what types of trade health care transactions are covered by the bill in order to avoid “unexpected consequences” to limit unique and beneficial investments.
“In the midst of considerable financial opposite and uncertainty of policy, Pennsylvania should not become an aberrant value that discourages routine transactions, joint ventures and partnerships that aim to add, and not to harm access to communities,” she said.