Reference is to Printer's Date 4/23/15-H.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 8, pages [3250-6] and [3250-7], by striking Section 44-7-170(A) and inserting:
/ "(A) The
following are exempt from Certificate of Need review:
(1)
the acquisition by a person of medical equipment to be
used solely for research, the offering of an institutional
health service by a person solely for research, or the
obligation of a capital expenditure by a person to be made
solely for research if it does not:
(a)
affect the charges imposed by the person for the provision
of medical or other patient care services other than the
services that are included in the research;
(b)
change the bed capacity of a health care facility; or
(c)
substantially change the medical or other patient care
services provided by the person.
A written description of the proposed
research project must be submitted to the department in order
for the department to determine if these conditions are met. A
Certificate of Need is required in order to continue use of the
equipment or service after the equipment or service is no longer
being used solely for research;
(2)
the offices of a licensed private practitioner whether for
individual or group practice except as provided for in Section
44-7-160(1) and (5);
(3)
the replacement of like equipment with similar
capabilities for which a Certificate of Need has been issued
which does not constitute a material change in service or a new
service;
(4)
the addition of one or more beds in the bed
capacity of an existing freestanding licensed acute care
hospital, nursing home, rehabilitation facility, or psychiatric
hospital;
(5)
a capital expenditure by or on behalf of a
health care facility to expand existing health services and
associated equipment other than to expand beds or those services
described in this subsection for which a Certificate of Need
previously has been awarded within a one-mile radius for the
same site where such services are located;
(6)
a capital expenditure by or on behalf of a
health care facility to establish a freestanding emergency
service in a county in which a hospital would qualify as a rural
hospital, pursuant to Section 44-6-910, or in a Tier IV county,
as designated in Section 12-6-3360."
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Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.