Chapter 266
2012 -- S 2480 SUBSTITUTE B
Enacted 06/18/12
A N A C T
RELATING TO
HEALTH AND SAFETY - LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
Introduced
By: Senators Perry, Lynch,
Date Introduced: February 16, 2012
It is enacted by the
General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 23-17-4 of the General Laws in Chapter
23-17 entitled "Licensing
of Health Care Facilities" is hereby amended to
read as follows:
23-17-4. License
required for health care facility operation. – (a) No person
acting
severally or jointly with any other person shall establish,
conduct, or maintain a health care
facility in this state without a license under this chapter;
provided, however, that any person, firm,
corporation or other entity which provides volunteer registered
and licensed practical nurses to
the public shall not be required to have a license as a
health care facility.
(b) Each location at
which a health care facility provides services shall be licensed;
provided, however, that a hospital or organized ambulatory
care facility shall be permitted to
provide, solely on an ambulatory basis, limited physician
services, other limited professional
health care services, and/or other limited professional
mental health care services in conjunction
with services provided by and at community health centers,
community mental health centers,
organized ambulatory care facilities or other licensed health
care facilities, physicians' offices,
and facilities operated by the department of corrections
without establishing such locations as
additional licensed premises of the hospital or organized
ambulatory care facility. The department
is further authorized to adopt rules and regulations to accomplish
the purpose of this section,
including, but not limited to, defining "limited physician
services, other limited professional
health care services, and/or other limited professional
mental health care services."
(c) The reimbursement
rates for the services rendered in the settings listed in subsection
(b) of this chapter shall be
subject to negotiations between the hospitals, organized ambulatory
care facilities, and the payors,
respectively, as defined in section 23-17.12-2.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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