1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; changing the expiration date for radiation therapy facility 
1.3 	construction limitations;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.5509.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.5509, is amended to read:
1.6 	144.5509 RADIATION THERAPY FACILITY CONSTRUCTION.
1.7 	(a) A radiation therapy facility may be constructed only by an entity owned, 
1.8 	operated, or controlled by a hospital licensed according to sections 144.50 to 144.56 either 
1.9 	alone or in cooperation with another entity if the hospital will derive at least 90 percent 
1.10 	of the financial benefit of the facility and the hospital has no existing radiation facility 
1.11 	unless the new facility is a relocation of an existing facility within one mile of the existing 
1.12 	facility's location. 
1.13 	(b) This section expires August 1,  2013.

1.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.