HB 1320 – Health entity construction projects

House Bill 1320 Requires public hearings before certain hospital and ambulatory outpatient surgical center construction projects may begin. Passed 65-30. I have no idea what the significance of this bill is. Whenever I see “ambulatory outpatient” and don’t understand the bill, I immediately think it has something to do with abortion. But, I can’t see where this is abortion related. In any event, there were 30 votes against this thing. So, either it’s seen as unnecessary government meddling (not entirely likely, given the nitpicky bills that have already passed unopposed) or something else is going on.