Bill Text: VA HB682 | 2018 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Certificate of public need; establishing new ambulatory surgery center in Hampton Roads.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-13 - Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions [HB682 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2018-HB682-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 682 Offered January 10, 2018 Prefiled January 9, 2018 A BILL to exempt establishment of a new ambulatory surgery center from the demonstration of need requirement of a certificate of public need. ---------- Patron-- Pogge ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. That, notwithstanding the provisions of §32.1-102.3 of the Code of Virginia, the State Health Commissioner shall accept and review applications for and may issue, without a determination that a public need has been demonstrated, a certificate of public need subject to such conditions as the State Health Commissioner may deem appropriate in accordance with the provisions of §32.1-102.4 of the Code of Virginia, for the establishment of a new ambulatory surgery center located in Planning District 23 that will provide orthopedic services, provided that the applicant has held a certificate for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for at least 12 years and exceeded its charity care requirements on such certificate by at least $70,000 in calendar year 2016.