Department of Health (601)

Authority: §§ 32.1-102.1 through 32.1-102.12; 32.1-122.01 through 32.1-122.08; and 32.1-123 through 32.1-138.5, Code of Virginia; and P.L. 96-79, as amended, Federal Code; and Title XVIII and Title XIX of the U.S. Social Security Act, Federal Code.

A. Supplemental funding for the regional health planning agencies shall be provided from the following sources:

1. Special funds from Certificate of Public Need (40608) application fees in excess of those required to operate the COPN Program, provided the program may retain special fund balances each year equal to of one month's operational needs in case of revenue shortfalls in the subsequent year.

2. The Department of Health shall revise annual agreements with the regional health planning agencies to require an annual independent financial audit to examine the use of state funds and the reasonableness of those expenditures.

B. Failure of any regional health planning agency to establish or sustain business operations shall cause funds to revert to the Central Office to support health planning and Certificate of Public Need functions.

C. The Commissioner of Health shall continue implementation of the "Five-Year Action Plan: Improving Access to Primary Health Care Services in Medically Underserved Areas and Populations of the Commonwealth." A minimum of $150,000 the first year and $150,000 the second year from the general fund shall be provided to the Virginia Office of Rural Health, as the state match for the federal Office of Rural Health Policy Grant. The commissioner is authorized to contract for services to accomplish the plan.

D. Out of the this appropriation, $278,000 the first year and $278,000 the second year is appropriated to the department from statewide indirect cost recoveries to match federal funds and support the programs of the Office of Licensure and Certification. Amounts recovered in excess of the special fund appropriation shall be deposited to the general fund.

E. 1.  Notwithstanding §§ 32.1-130, 32.1-162.3, and 32.1-162.9, Code of Virginia, effective July 1, 2011, the Office of Licensure and Certification shall require every applicant for licensure to pay the following nonrefundable fees or such fees as may be subsequently revised by the Board of Health through regulation:

2.  A fee of $350.00 for initial licensure and each annual renewal plus an additional $2.00 per bed for each inpatient hospital.

3.  A fee of $700.00 for initial licensure and each annual renewal for each outpatient surgical center.

4.  A fee of $950.00 for initial licensure and each annual renewal plus an additional $8.00 per bed for each nursing facility.

5.  A fee of $650.00 for initial licensure and each annual renewal for each hospice program.

6. A fee of $650.00 for initial licensure and each annual renewal for each hospice facility.

7. A fee of $650.00 for initial licensure and each annual renewal for each home care organization.

8.  A late fee of $50.00 shall be charged for each failure to file a renewal application by the date specified for hospice and home care.

9.  A processing fee of $325.00 shall be charged for each re-issuance or replacement license for hospice and home care.

10. A licensure one-time exemption processing fee of $75.00.

F.  Funds received pursuant to paragraph E., shall be deposited into a special fund to support the Office of Licensure and Certification.