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HB 1621 Cert. of public need; regs. author. sgl. appl; prop cancer care cnts.

Introduced by: Phillip A. Hamilton | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Certificate of public need; regulations authorizing a single application for all proposed cancer care center services. Requires the Board of Health to include in the radiation therapy batch, applications, either combined or separate, for computed tomographic (CT) scanning, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomographic (PET) scanning, radiation therapy or nuclear imaging. A single application for a combination of radiation therapy and any or all of the other named services may be filed. This bill is identical to SB 1226.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Certificate of public need; regulations authorizing a single application for all proposed cancer care center services. Requires the Board of Health to include in the radiation therapy batch, applications, either combined or separate, for computed tomographic (CT) scanning, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomographic (PET) scanning, radiation therapy or nuclear imaging. A single application for a combination of radiation therapy and any or all of the other named services may be filed.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Certificate of public need; regulations authorizing a single application for all proposed cancer care center services. Requires the Board of Health to promulgate regulations to establish, notwithstanding the definitions of "medical care facility" and "project" included in § 32.1-102.1, a procedure whereby a comprehensive cancer center may file a single application for all covered services to be offered by the facility. Such application may cover, but need not be limited to, computed tomographic (CT) scanning, magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear medicine imagining, positron emission tomographic (PET) scanning or other diagnostic imaging or radiology services, and radiation therapy.