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The latest feasibility study on a Valencia County health care facility is still in the works, but an update to the county commissioners provided a variety of possible facilities, as well as projected patient use and costs of the project.
A piece of state legislation intended to get the Valencia County hospital project back on track has cleared its first major hurdle of the 2021 legislative session.
House Bill 240, which clarifies the definition of âcontracting hospitalâ in the state Hospital Funding Act, passed the state House of Representatives on a 67-0 vote on Thursday, Feb. 25.
The bill will now go on to the Senate for consideration.
Sponsored by Reps. Kelly Fajardo (R-District 7), Alonzo Baldonado (R-District 8) and Gail Armstrong (R-District 49), and Sens. Greg Baca (R-District 29) and Joshua Sanchez (R-District 30), the bill clarifies language to allow the county to use the collected mill levy for a hospital and/or 24-hour emergency room, as well as support of a facility licensed as a remote facility of an existing acute care facility.
A contract for a new feasibility study for a county hospital/24-hour heath care facility is half way to being executed.
At Valencia County Commission meeting last month, county purchasing agent Rustin Porter told commissioners there were âsix good respondentsâ to the request for proposal the commission approved for a new study in June.
While the county received $20,000 from the Legislature to fund the study, Rustin said the contractor the county was negotiating with put the cost of the study at $158,294.
County Manager Danny Monette said when the commission authorized the RFP for a new study, the county requested $100,000 from the Legislature.