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AN ACT CONCERNING CERTIFICATES OF NEED. To (1) require a certificate of need for certain private equity investments in health care facilities, (2) require the denial of certificate of need applications involving the closure of labor and delivery units unless an alternate labor and delivery unit is located not more than twenty-five miles away, (3) prohibit intervenors in certificate of need applications involving certain physician group practices, (4) establish an expedited certificate of need review process for increases in the licensed bed capacity of health care facilities, and (5) require the Commissioner of Health Strategy to post notice of any appeal or agreed settlement relating to a certificate of need application.