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The Agency proposes the following amendments to this rule: update definitions; update language on excluded hospitals; update other required services for consistency with hospital licensure (59A-3.066, F.A.C.); update statutory language, improve and condense language for needs assessment methodology; remove references to State and Local Health Council District health plans; remove language citing 59C-1.038, F.A.C. (repealed); remove language requiring accreditation pursuant to 408.043(4), F.S.; remove obsolete language and items from the utilization reporting requirement; and remove language regarding the applicability of the amended rule.