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EXPLANATION: certificate of need
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 34,
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, page 435,
after line 35, by adding an appropriately numbered paragraph to
read:
/ (DHEC: Certificate of Need Project
or Equipment) During the current fiscal year, the department
shall not expend any funds to and no person supported by state
funds may take any enforcement action against a person or health
care facility that undertook a project or purchase of equipment
from June 28, 2013 until July 1, 2014, without obtaining a
Certificate of Need, an exemption, or a non-applicability
determination. if a person or healthcare facility provides
written evidence of an undertaking or purchase during this
period and makes a payment of applicable fees to the department
on or before October 1, 2014, the department must waive the
Certificate of Need requirements for that person or healthcare
facility. The department shall collect the applicable fees to
offset the cost of implementing this provision and provide an
expedited waiver process for a person or healthcare facility
that complies with this provision. This provision does not
apply if a contested case has been requested or an appeal was in
process concerning the same type of project or equipment
purchase, if the project or equipment is to be located in the
same service area as defined in the State Health Plan, so long
as the appeal or contested case was initiated prior to June 28,
2013. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.