Bill Text: MN SF709 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Radiation therapy facility construction moratorium repeal
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-10 - Referred to Health and Human Services [SF709 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF709-Introduced.html
1.2relating to health; repealing the moratorium on radiation therapy facility
1.3construction in Hennepin, Ramsey, Dakota, Washington, Anoka, Carver, Scott,
1.4St. Louis, Sherburne, Benton, Stearns, Chisago, Isanti, and Wright Counties;
1.5amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 144.5509.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 144.5509, is amended to read:
1.8144.5509 RADIATION THERAPY FACILITY CONSTRUCTION.
1.9(a) A radiation therapy facility may be constructed only by an entity owned,
1.10operated, or controlled by a hospital licensed according to sections144.50 to
144.56 either
1.11alone or in cooperation with another entity.
1.12(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), there shall be a moratorium on the construction
1.13of any radiation therapy facility located in the following counties: Hennepin, Ramsey,
1.14Dakota, Washington, Anoka, Carver, Scott, St. Louis, Sherburne, Benton, Stearns,
1.15Chisago, Isanti, and Wright. This paragraph does not apply to the relocation or
1.16reconstruction of an existing facility owned by a hospital if the relocation or reconstruction
1.17is within one mile of the existing facility. This paragraph does not apply to a radiation
1.18therapy facility that is being built attached to a community hospital in Wright County and
1.19meets the following conditions prior to August 1, 2007: the capital expenditure report
1.20required under Minnesota Statutes, section
62J.17, has been filed with the commissioner
1.21of health; a timely construction schedule is developed, stipulating dates for beginning,
1.22achieving various stages, and completing construction; and all zoning and building
1.23permits applied for. This paragraph expires August 1, 2014.
1.24EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.3construction in Hennepin, Ramsey, Dakota, Washington, Anoka, Carver, Scott,
1.4St. Louis, Sherburne, Benton, Stearns, Chisago, Isanti, and Wright Counties;
1.5amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 144.5509.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 144.5509, is amended to read:
1.8144.5509 RADIATION THERAPY FACILITY CONSTRUCTION.
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1.10operated, or controlled by a hospital licensed according to sections
1.11alone or in cooperation with another entity.
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1.24EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
