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SENATE BILL NO. 235 Offered January 10, 2018 Prefiled January 4, 2018 A BILL to exempt establishment of a new ambulatory surgery center from the demonstration of need requirement of a certificate of public need. ---------- Patron-- DeSteph ---------- Referred to Committee on Education and Health ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That, notwithstanding the provisions of § 32.1-102.3 of the Code of Virginia, the State Health Commissioner shall accept and review an application for and may issue, without a determination that a public need has been demonstrated, a certificate of public need subject to such conditions as the State Health Commissioner may deem appropriate in accordance with the provisions of § 32.1-102.4 of the Code of Virginia, for the establishment of a new ambulatory surgery center located in Planning District 23 that will provide health care services related to the practice of gastroenterology primarily to patients in the cities of Virginia Beach, Norfolk, and Portsmouth, provided that the applicant currently operates a location in Planning District 23 that provides health care services related to the practice of gastroenterology.