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Chairman Linda W. Cropp at the request of the Mayor
A BILL IN THE. COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Chairman Linda W. Cropp, at the request of the Mayor,
introduced the following bill, which was referred to
the Committee on
To amend the Health Services Planning Program
Re-establishment Act of 1996 to exempt the National
Capitol Medical Center, Howard University Hospital, and Community Health Centers funded
through a Medical Homes Capital Grant from the
certificate of need process.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,
That this act may be cited as the "Health
Services Planning Program Re-establishment Act of 1996 Amendment Act
of 2006".
Sec. 2. Section 8 of the Health
Services Planning Program Re-establishment Act of 1996, effective
April 9, 1997 (D.C. Law 11-191; D.C. Official Code §44-407), is amended as follows:
New subparagraphs (h) and (i) are
added to read as follows:
"(h) A proposal to develop the new institutional
health service known as the National Capital Medical Center to be located on Reservation
No. 13, Washington, D.C. 20003, to reconfigure existing health care
programs and services at Howard University Hospital located at 2041
Georgia Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20060 in connection with the National Capital Medical Center, to authorize the relocation of existing
healthcare programs and services from Howard
University Hospital located 2041 Georgia Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20060 to the National Capital
Medical Center, and to make any associated capital
expenditures that would otherwise be subject to certificate of need requirements by a health care entity shall be exempt
from certificate of need requirements as long as both
of the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) The sum of the number of licensed beds for Howard
University Hospital and the National Capitol Medical Center shall not
exceed a total of four hundred eighty-two (482) licensed beds as the term
"licensed beds" is defined for purposes of the Health Care
and Community Residence Facility, Hospice and Home Care Licensing Act of
1983, effective February 24, 1984 (D.C. Law
5-48; D.C. Official Code §44-501 et seq.), as amended;
and,
"(2) Such
proposal is received not later than five (5) years after the day that
the health care entity obtains a
certificate of licensure, pursuant to the Health-Care and Community Residence Facility, Hospice
and Home Care Licensing Act of 1983, effective February 24, 1984 (D.C. Law 5-48;
D.C. Official Code §44-501 et seq. ), as amended, to operate the National Capital Medical
Center.
"(i) A proposal
to develop or construct a community health center funded through a capital grant from the
Medical Homes Program, to authorize the relocation of existing health
care services from any existing community health center, or to make any associated capital expenditure that
would otherwise be subject to certificate of need requirements shall be exempt from
certificate of need requirements if the person proposing the community health center provides SHPDA
with a letter from a District government official evidencing the
award of capital funding from the Medical Homes Program for the
development or construction of the community health center.".
Sec.
3. Fiscal impact statement.
The Council adopts the fiscal impact
statement of the Chief Financial Officer as the fiscal impact statement required
by section 602(c)(3) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24,
1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code §1-206(c)(3)).
Sec. 4. Effective date.
This act shall take effect following
approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the Mayor, action by the Council
to override the veto), a 30-day period of Congressional review as provided in
section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973
(87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code §1-206(c)(1)) and publication in the District of
Columbia Register.
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