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GA SB462
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/21/2018
Primary Sponsor
John Albers
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AI Summary
- Creates a new definition for "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
- Exempts integrated surgery centers from Georgia's certificate of need (CON) requirements under Chapter 6 of Title 31
- Requires exempt 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 required charity care 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; integrated surgery centers from certificate of need requirements; exempt
Last Action
Senate Read and Referred
2/21/2018
Committee Referrals
Economic Development and Tourism2/21/2018
Full Bill Text
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