2014 – H 8140 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 07/08/14
A N A C T
RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
Introduced By: Representatives McNamara, and Bennett
Date Introduced: May 01, 2014
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 that 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; provided, that a health care facility licensed as an organized ambulatory care facility in the state, may provide services at other locations operated by that licensed organized ambulatory care facility, without the requirement of a separate organized ambulatory care facility license for such other locations. 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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LC005467/SUB A/2
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