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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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A N A C T

RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

     Introduced By: Senators Perry, Lynch, Crowley, Pichardo, and Metts

     Date Introduced: February 16, 2012

     Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 23-17-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-17 entitled "Licensing

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of Health Care Facilities" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     23-17-4. License required for health care facility operation. – (a) No person acting

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severally or jointly with any other person shall establish, conduct, or maintain a health care

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facility in this state without a license under this chapter; provided, however, that any person, firm,

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corporation or other entity which provides volunteer registered and licensed practical nurses to

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the public shall not be required to have a license as a health care facility.

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     (b) Each location at which a health care facility provides services shall be licensed;

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provided, however, that a hospital or organized ambulatory care facility shall be permitted to

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provide, solely on an ambulatory basis, limited physician services, other limited professional

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health care services, and/or other limited professional mental health care services in conjunction

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with services provided by and at community health centers, community mental health centers,

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organized ambulatory care facilities or other licensed health care facilities, physicians' offices,

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and facilities operated by the department of corrections without establishing such locations as

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additional licensed premises of the hospital or organized ambulatory care facility. The department

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is further authorized to adopt rules and regulations to accomplish the purpose of this section,

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including, but not limited to, defining "limited physician services, other limited professional

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health care services, and/or other limited professional mental health care services."

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     (c) The reimbursement rates for the services rendered in the settings listed in subsection

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(b) of this chapter shall be subject to negotiations between the hospitals, organized ambulatory

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care facilities, and the payors, respectively, as defined in section 23-17.12-2.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N A C T

RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

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     This act would exempt certain facilities established by hospitals from the licensing

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requirements of health care facilities.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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