A federal law requiring life-saving treatment supersedes a hospital’s obligation to obtain a state certificate of need before performing angioplasties, an administrative law judge ruled on April 1.
Judge Jo Ann La Sala Candido found that the state Health Care Facilities Planning Act is pre-empted when it conflicts with the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, which requires hospitals to give emergency care to anyone needing treatment, regardless of ability to pay.
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