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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES | |
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Introduced By: Senator Michael J. McCaffrey | |
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Date Introduced: February 16, 2012 | |
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Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Section 23-17-28 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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23-17-28. Health care cost containment. – (a) Each health care facility licensed under |
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this chapter shall take any action consistent with the continued delivery of quality health care |
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services that it deems appropriate to reduce, limit, or contain health care costs and improve the |
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efficiency with which health care services are delivered to the citizens of this state. In furtherance |
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of these goals, health care facilities licensed under this chapter may, to the extent not inconsistent |
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with chapter 15 of this title, enter into agreements with other health care facilities, associations of |
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health care facilities, suppliers, third-party payers, and/or agencies or branches of government |
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providing, without limitation, for group planning, individual or group expenditure ceilings, |
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allocation of services and/or specialties, and group purchasing and/or service sharing. |
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(b) Except as specifically provided in this section, no health care facility licensed as a |
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hospital under this chapter, or any affiliate thereof, may compensate an employee who the facility |
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is required to list in United States Internal Revenue Service form 990, Part VII-A (or any |
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successor provision) at a rate of compensation greater than one hundred and ten percent (110%) |
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of the amount determined annually by the director to constitute the northeast regional average |
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compensation level for comparable personnel serving in comparable hospitals (and their |
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affiliates), with facilities' comparability being determined based on the compared facilities' annual |
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collected revenue. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this section shall not apply to any person listed |
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in Part VII-A who is a Rhode Island licensed health care professional, including without |
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limitation, physicians and nurses. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on October 1, 2012. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES | |
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This act would limit the compensation to certain employees of health care facilities to an |
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amount determined by the director to represent an average compensation level for their respective |
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positions. |
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This act would take effect on October 1, 2012. |
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