Question

Certificate of need laws:

		A. Required emergency rooms to stabilize patients regardless of ability to pay
		B. Required Medicaid patients to prove need before enrolling
		C. A 1970s Medicare effort to require states to use state funds with matching federal grants to renovate older hospitals
		D. Requires state approval before hospitals can expand

Answer 1

1. Certificate of need (CON) laws : what it actually does is , check whether there is an adequate demand and necessity for overbuilding and new construction ..etc of health care facilities.If not it will increase the health care cost.The law will have changes in different states.In 1964 New York firstly had CON laws but after 1972 federal health planning resources development act was passed .So Answer could be (D) , requires state approval before hospitals can expand.