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2008 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL NO. 381
Offered January 9, 2008
Prefiled January 4, 2008
A BILL to exempt certain facilities from the requirements of a certificate of public need for certain additions of equipment.
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Patron-- O'Bannon
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Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  § 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 32.1-102.3 of the Code of Virginia, any existing outpatient cardiac hospitals located in the City of Richmond that are engaged in the early identification, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease using noninvasive screening and outpatient coronary arteriography shall be exempted from the requirement of obtaining a certificate of public need for the addition of a computer tomography (CT) scanner for cardiac imaging and diagnosis.