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GA HB974
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/20/2018
Primary Sponsor
Charles Martin
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AI Summary
- Exempts "integrated surgery centers" from Georgia's certificate of need (CON) requirements by amending Chapter 6 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated
- Defines an "integrated surgery center" as an ambulatory surgical center built and operated in connection with an integrated athletic training and educational facility serving youth, amateur, and professional athletes, along with medical research and physician training in sports medicine
- Requires exempt integrated surgery centers to provide uncompensated indigent and charity care equal to or greater than 3 percent of adjusted gross revenue and to submit annual reports per Code Section 31-6-70
- Imposes a monetary penalty for noncompliance equal to the difference between the required level of charity care services and the amount actually provided
- Allows the department to revoke a center's exemption status for repeated failure to pay fines or produce required data, following notice and a fair hearing under the Georgia Administrative Procedure Act
Legislative Description
State health planning and development; certificate of need requirements; exempt integrated surgery centers
Last Action
House Second Readers
2/22/2018
Full Bill Text
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