Bill Text: NJ A257 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires notification and authorization of DHSS prior to transfer of hospital license to another entity.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-12 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee [A257 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2010-A257-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 257

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

214th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  CHARLOTTE VANDERVALK

District 39 (Bergen)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires notification and authorization of DHSS prior to transfer of hospital license to another entity.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

  

An Act concerning hospital licenses and supplementing P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.).

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    In the event that a general hospital closes and seeks to transfer its license to another entity, the owner of the closed hospital shall: notify the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services of the pending transfer; and provide such information about the pending transfer and the entity to which the transfer is pending, as the commissioner deems necessary.

     Prior to authorizing the transfer, which shall be subject to certificate of need requirements, the commissioner shall determine how the entity plans to utilize the license.  The commissioner shall not approve a transfer of license unless the entity seeking the license can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the commissioner that the entity intends and has the ability to operate the facility as a hospital.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect on May 4, 2009, and if enacted after that date, shall be retroactive to that date.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill provides that in the event that a general hospital closes and seeks to transfer its license to another entity, the owner of the closed hospital shall: notify the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services of the pending transfer; and provide such information about the pending transfer and the entity to which the transfer is pending, as the commissioner deems necessary.  Prior to authorizing the transfer, which shall be subject to certificate of need requirements, the commissioner shall determine how the entity plans to utilize the license.  The commissioner shall not approve a transfer of license unless the entity seeking the license can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the commissioner that the entity intends and has the ability to operate the facility as a hospital.

     The bill takes effect on May 4, 2009, and if enacted after that date, shall be retroactive to that date.