Bill Text: WV HB4163 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requiring outpatient surgical facilities to meet the same facility and surgical standards as ambulatory surgical facilities

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-14 - To House Health and Human Resources [HB4163 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2014-HB4163-Introduced.html

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1                        H. B. 4163

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3      (By Delegates Walker, Smith, Moye, and Lynch)

4      [Introduced January 14, 2014; referred to the

5      Committee on Health and Human Resources then the

6 Judiciary.]

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10 A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by

11 adding thereto a new section, designated §16-5B-2a, relating

12 to requiring outpatient surgical facilities to meet the same

13 facility and surgical standards as ambulatory surgical

14 facilities; and providing rule-making authority.

15 Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

16     That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended

17 by adding thereto a new section, designated §16-5B-2a, to read as

18 follows:

19          ARTICLE 5B. HOSPITALS AND SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS.

20 §16-5B-2a. Outpatient surgical facility standards; rule-making.

21     (a) For purposes of this article an outpatient surgical

22 facility operating in the State of West Virginia is an “ambulatory

23 surgical facility” as that term is defined by section one of this

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1 article and is subject to the same minimum facility and surgical

2 standards as required by this article for other ambulatory surgical

3 facilities.

4 (b) The Department of Health in conjunction with the

5 Department of Health and Human Resources shall propose rules for

6 legislative approval in accordance with article three, chapter

7 twenty-nine-a of this code to implement the provisions of

8 subsection (a) of this section. The rules shall, at a minimum,

9 impose minimum facility and surgical standards and require

10 inspections by the Department of Health and Human Resources.

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13     NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require outpatient

14 surgical facilities to meet the same facility and surgical

15 standards as ambulatory surgical facilities. The bill provides

16 rule-making authority.

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18     This section is new; therefore, it has been completely

19 underscored.

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