1. The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the public interest for the State to facilitate the development of an effective and efficient spectrum of quality health care services; and that the conversion of existing hospital bed capacity to a less intensive and more appropriate level of care for post-acute care patients in order to create subacute care units will ensure an optimal quality of care, promote continuity of care and avoid the duplication of existing health care facility bed capacity through costly new construction.

L.1996,c.102,s.1.