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MS SB2163
Bill
AI Summary
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Suspends the exemption from Certificate of Need (CON) requirements for low-energy, superficial external beam x-ray treatment of superficial skin lesions, unless an application was pending with the State Department of Health on January 1, 2015
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Requires the State Board of Health to submit a report to the legislature by December 1, 2015, on safety and public health hazards related to low-energy superficial x-ray treatment machines, with recommendations on whether to continue the CON exemption
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Imposes an automatic repeal of the radiation therapy services definition (paragraph r) on July 1, 2016
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Maintains that radiation therapy services requiring CON include treatment using high energy photons, gamma rays, or charged particles, while the status of low-energy superficial treatments remains under review
Legislative Description
Health care certificate of need law (CON); enact moratorium on exemption of low-energy radiation therapy services.
Last Action
Died In Committee
2/3/2015