HB 1464 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
5/18/00 4449s
2000 SESSION
01/09
HOUSE BILL 1464
AN ACT relative to ambulatory surgical facilities in service areas of rural hospitals.
SPONSORS: Rep. Batula, Hills 18; Rep. Wendelboe, Belk 2; Rep. Donovan, Sull 11; Rep. Martel, Hills 45; Rep. Haettenschwiller, Hills 29; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Roberge, Dist 9; Sen. Squires, Dist 12; Sen. Johnson, Dist 3
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
This bill lowers the threshold amount necessary for certificate of need review of the construction of ambulatory surgical centers within the service areas of rural hospitals.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
5/18/00 4449s
00-2728
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to ambulatory surgical facilities in service areas of rural hospitals.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Definition Added. Amend RSA 151-C:2 by inserting after paragraph XXXIV the following new paragraph:
XXXIV-a. "Rural hospital" means a hospital that has less than 70 beds licensed by the department of health and human services.
2 Threshold Limits. Amend RSA 151-C:5, II (f) to read as follows:
(f)(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), the construction, development, expansion, renovation, or alteration of any nursing home, ambulatory surgical facility, rehabilitation hospital, psychiatric hospital, specialty hospital, or other health care facility requiring a capital expenditure of more than $1,000,000. The board shall, by rule, adjust the capital expenditure threshold annually using an appropriate inflation index.
(2) The threshold amount for construction of ambulatory surgical centers within the service area of a rural hospital shall be $500,000, unless there is an objection by the rural hospital, in which case the application shall be subject to review regardless of value. The board shall determine by rule the service areas of rural hospitals.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.