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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DETERMINATION OF NEED FOR NEW | |
HEALTHCARE EQUIPMENT AND NEW INSTITUTIONAL HEALTH SERVICES | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Place, Paplauskas, Quattrocchi, Hopkins, Santucci, J. | |
Date Introduced: February 07, 2025 | |
Referred To: House Health & Human Services | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 23-15-10 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-15 entitled |
2 | "Determination of Need for New Healthcare Equipment and New Institutional Health Services" is |
3 | hereby amended to read as follows: |
4 | 23-15-10. Application fees. |
5 | The state agency shall require that any applicant for certificate of need submit an |
6 | application fee prior to requesting any review of matters pursuant to the requirements of this |
7 | chapter; except that health care facilities owned and operated by the state of Rhode Island shall be |
8 | exempt from this application fee requirement. The application fee shall be paid by check made |
9 | payable to the general treasurer. Except for applications that propose new or expanded tertiary or |
10 | specialty care services as defined in subdivision 23-15-2(10)(vi), submission of any application |
11 | filed in accordance with § 23-15-4(d) shall include an application fee of five hundred dollars ($500) |
12 | per application plus an amount equal to one quarter of one percent (0.25%) of the total capital |
13 | expenditure costs associated with the application. For an application filed in accordance with the |
14 | requirements of § 23-15-5 (Expeditious review), the application shall include an application |
15 | processing fee of seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750) per application plus an amount equal to |
16 | one quarter of one percent (0.25%) of the total capital expenditure costs associated with the |
17 | application. Applications that propose new or expanded tertiary or specialty care services as defined |
18 | in subdivision 23-15-2(10)(vi), shall include an application fee of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) |
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1 | plus an amount equal to one quarter of one percent (0.25%) of the total capital expenditure costs |
2 | associated with the application, which shall be limited to a total of twenty-five thousand dollars |
3 | ($25,000). Application fees shall be non-refundable. All fees received pursuant to this chapter shall |
4 | be deposited in the general fund. |
5 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DETERMINATION OF NEED FOR NEW | |
HEALTHCARE EQUIPMENT AND NEW INSTITUTIONAL HEALTH SERVICES | |
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1 | This act would limit the application fees paid under the certificate of need program within |
2 | the department of health to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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