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House Select Committee on Certificate of Need Process and Related Hospital Issues Page 26 "(a) The Department in its rules shall establish 1 schedules for submission and review of 2 completed applications. The schedules shall provide that applications for similar proposals in 3 the same service area will be reviewed together. However, the Department is prohibited from 4 scheduling a review prior to February 1, 2013, for certificate of need applications that propose 5 to establish a licensed single-specialty ambulatory operating room within an ambulatory 6 surgery facility. 7 (b) An application for a certificate of need shall be made on forms provided by the 8 Department. The application forms, which may vary according to the type of proposal, shall 9 require such information as the Department, by its rules deems necessary to conduct the review. 10 An applicant shall be required to furnish only that information necessary to determine whether 11 the proposed new institutional health service is consistent with the review criteria implemented 12 under G.S. 131E-183 and with duly adopted standards, plans and criteria. The application form 13 for a certificate of need to establish a single-specialty ambulatory surgery operating room 14 within an ambulatory surgery facility shall require the applicant to (i) include a written 15 commitment, plan, and policies and procedures for serving indigent and medically underserved 16 populations, (ii) furnish the projected charges for the 20 most common surgical procedures to 17 be performed in the proposed operating room, and (iii) demonstrate that it is performing or 18 reasonably expects to perform at least 800 single-specialty ambulatory procedures per licensed 19 single-specialty ambulatory operating room per year. 20 (c) An application fee is imposed on an applicant for a certificate of need. An applicant 21 must submit the fee with the application. The fee is not refundable, regardless of whether a 22 certificate of need is issued. Fees collected under this section shall be credited to the General 23 Fund as nontax revenue. The application fee is five thousand dollars ($5,000) plus an amount 24 equal to three-tenths of one percent (.3%) of the amount of the capital expenditure proposed in 25 the application that exceeds one million dollars ($1,000,000). In no event may the fee exceed 26 fifty thousand dollars ($50,000)." 27 SECTION 8. G.S. 131E-184(a) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read: 28 "(10) To develop, acquire, or replace an institutional health service that obtained 29 certificate of need approval prior to the effective date of this act as a 30 diagnostic center. For the purpose of this subdivision, 'diagnostic center' 31 means a freestanding facility, program, or provider, including but not limited 32 to, physicians' offices, clinical laboratories, radiology centers, and mobile 33 diagnostic programs, in which the total cost of all the medical diagnostic 34 equipment utilized by the facility that cost ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or 35 more exceeds five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), unless a new 36 institutional health service other than those defined in G.S. 131E-176(16)b. 37 is offered or developed in the building." 38 SECTION 9. Nothing in this act shall be construed to reflect any legislative intent 39 as to the circumstances under which Medicare or Medicaid certification may be obtained for a 40 provider of ambulatory surgery services. 41 SECTION 10. This act is effective when it becomes law. Section 7 of this act 42 expires on the effective date of administrative rules adopted consistent with the provisions of 43 this act regarding the number of single-specialty surgery procedures performed or projected to 44 be performed by applicants seeking to establish a licensed single-specialty ambulatory surgery 45 operating room.
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Full Text | House Select Committee on Certificate of Need Process and Related Hospital Issues Page 26 "(a) The Department in its rules shall establish 1 schedules for submission and review of 2 completed applications. The schedules shall provide that applications for similar proposals in 3 the same service area will be reviewed together. However, the Department is prohibited from 4 scheduling a review prior to February 1, 2013, for certificate of need applications that propose 5 to establish a licensed single-specialty ambulatory operating room within an ambulatory 6 surgery facility. 7 (b) An application for a certificate of need shall be made on forms provided by the 8 Department. The application forms, which may vary according to the type of proposal, shall 9 require such information as the Department, by its rules deems necessary to conduct the review. 10 An applicant shall be required to furnish only that information necessary to determine whether 11 the proposed new institutional health service is consistent with the review criteria implemented 12 under G.S. 131E-183 and with duly adopted standards, plans and criteria. The application form 13 for a certificate of need to establish a single-specialty ambulatory surgery operating room 14 within an ambulatory surgery facility shall require the applicant to (i) include a written 15 commitment, plan, and policies and procedures for serving indigent and medically underserved 16 populations, (ii) furnish the projected charges for the 20 most common surgical procedures to 17 be performed in the proposed operating room, and (iii) demonstrate that it is performing or 18 reasonably expects to perform at least 800 single-specialty ambulatory procedures per licensed 19 single-specialty ambulatory operating room per year. 20 (c) An application fee is imposed on an applicant for a certificate of need. An applicant 21 must submit the fee with the application. The fee is not refundable, regardless of whether a 22 certificate of need is issued. Fees collected under this section shall be credited to the General 23 Fund as nontax revenue. The application fee is five thousand dollars ($5,000) plus an amount 24 equal to three-tenths of one percent (.3%) of the amount of the capital expenditure proposed in 25 the application that exceeds one million dollars ($1,000,000). In no event may the fee exceed 26 fifty thousand dollars ($50,000)." 27 SECTION 8. G.S. 131E-184(a) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read: 28 "(10) To develop, acquire, or replace an institutional health service that obtained 29 certificate of need approval prior to the effective date of this act as a 30 diagnostic center. For the purpose of this subdivision, 'diagnostic center' 31 means a freestanding facility, program, or provider, including but not limited 32 to, physicians' offices, clinical laboratories, radiology centers, and mobile 33 diagnostic programs, in which the total cost of all the medical diagnostic 34 equipment utilized by the facility that cost ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or 35 more exceeds five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), unless a new 36 institutional health service other than those defined in G.S. 131E-176(16)b. 37 is offered or developed in the building." 38 SECTION 9. Nothing in this act shall be construed to reflect any legislative intent 39 as to the circumstances under which Medicare or Medicaid certification may be obtained for a 40 provider of ambulatory surgery services. 41 SECTION 10. This act is effective when it becomes law. Section 7 of this act 42 expires on the effective date of administrative rules adopted consistent with the provisions of 43 this act regarding the number of single-specialty surgery procedures performed or projected to 44 be performed by applicants seeking to establish a licensed single-specialty ambulatory surgery 45 operating room. |