Minnesota Legislature
HF 164
1st Engrossment - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 04/04/2013 04:52pm
Current Version - 1st Engrossment
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A bill for an act
relating to health; changing provisions for radiation therapy facility construction;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 144.5509.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 144.5509, is amended to read:
144.5509 RADIATION THERAPY FACILITY CONSTRUCTION.
(a) A radiation therapy facility may be constructed only by an entity owned,
operated, or controlled by a hospital licensed according to sections 144.50 to 144.56 either
alone or in cooperation with another entity.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), there shall be a moratorium on the construction
of any radiation therapy facility located in the following counties: Hennepin, Ramsey,
Dakota, Washington, Anoka, Carver, Scott, St. Louis, Sherburne, Benton, Stearns,
Chisago, Isanti, and Wright. This paragraph does not apply to the relocation or
reconstruction of an existing facility owned by a hospital if the relocation or reconstruction
is within one mile of the existing facility. This paragraph does not apply to a radiation
therapy facility that is being built attached to a community hospital in Wright County and
meets the following conditions prior to August 1, 2007: the capital expenditure report
required under Minnesota Statutes, section 62J.17, has been filed with the commissioner
of health; a timely construction schedule is developed, stipulating dates for beginning,
achieving various stages, and completing construction; and all zoning and building permits
applied for. Beginning January 1, 2013, this paragraph does not apply to any construction
necessary to relocate a radiation therapy machine from a community hospital-owned
radiation therapy facility located in the city of Maplewood to a community hospital
campus in the city of Woodbury within the same health system. This paragraph expires
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(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), after deleted text begin August 1, 2014deleted text end new text begin December 31, 2020new text end , the
construction of a radiation therapy facility located in any of the following counties:
Hennepin, Ramsey, Dakota, Washington, Anoka, Carver, Scott, St. Louis, Sherburne,
Benton, Stearns, Chisago, Isanti, and Wright, may occur only if the following requirements
are met:
(1) the entity constructing the radiation therapy facility is controlled by or is under
common control with a hospital licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.56; and
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(d) Any referring physician located within a county identified in paragraph (c) must
provide each patient who is in need of radiation therapy services with a list of all radiation
therapy facilities located within the counties identified in paragraph (c). Physicians
with a financial interest in any radiation therapy facility must disclose to the patient the
existence of the interest.
(e) For purposes of this section, "controlled by" or "under common control with"
means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
policies, operations, or activities of an entity, through the ownership of, or right to vote or to
direct the disposition of shares, membership interests, or ownership interests of the entity.
(f) For purposes of this section, "financial interest in any radiation therapy facility"
means a direct or indirect ownership or investment interest in a radiation therapy facility
or a compensation arrangement with a radiation therapy facility.
(g) This section does not apply to the relocation or reconstruction of an existing
radiation therapy facility if:
(1) the relocation or reconstruction of the facility remains owned by the same entity;
(2) the relocation or reconstruction is located within one mile of the existing facility;
and
(3) the period in which the existing facility is closed and the relocated or
reconstructed facility begins providing services does not exceed 12 months.