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Georgia Senate lawmakers give final passage to bill to loosen health permit rules

Southwest Georgia Regional Medical Center in Cuthbert, Ga., shown here on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022, closed in 2020. The Georgia state Senate passed a bill on March 14, 2024, that would let the hospital reopen without a state permit, called a certificate of need. - photo by Associated Press

rural hospital — Southwest Georgia Regional Medical Center in Cuthbert, Ga., shown here on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022, closed in 2020. The Georgia state Senate passed a bill on March 14, 2024, that would let the hospital reopen without a state permit, called a certificate of need. - photo by Associated Press

Georgia lawmakers on Thursday agreed on a plan to loosen some parts of the state's health care permitting law.