It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 23-17-38 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-17 entitled "Licensing of Health Care Facilities" is hereby amended to read as follows:

{ADD 23-17-38. Establishment of fees. -- ADD} The director shall establish fees for licensure application, licensure renewal, and administrative actions under this chapter. Annual licensure fees for hospitals and rehabilitation hospital centers shall be three thousand dollars ($3,000) per facility plus an additional fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per bed. Annual licensure fees for health maintenance organizations shall be three thousand dollars ($3,000) per facility. Annual licensure fees for home health agencies, hospices, and end stage renal dialysis facilities shall be three thousand dollars ($3,000) per facility. Annual licensure fees for organized ambulatory care facilities shall be one thousand dollars ($1,000), provided that not-for-profit entities operating more than one such facility shall be subject to a single annual licensure fee for all such licenses {DEL . DEL} {ADD ; provided, further, that non-profit, charitable community health centers shall be exempt from said fee. ADD} All such fees shall be established in regulation and shall be collected and deposited in a restricted receipt account which shall be used for the general purposes of the division of facilities regulation within the department of health.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.