1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; removing the expiration date for radiation therapy facility 
1.3 	construction limitations and providing a two-year moratorium on construction in 
1.4 	certain counties;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.5509.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.5509, is amended to read:
1.7 	144.5509 RADIATION THERAPY FACILITY CONSTRUCTION.
1.8 	(a) A radiation therapy facility may be constructed only by an entity owned, 
1.9 	operated, or controlled by a hospital licensed according to sections 144.50 to 144.56 either 
1.10 	alone or in cooperation with another entity. 
1.11 	(b) This section expires August 1,  2013 Notwithstanding paragraph (a), there shall 
1.12 	be a two-year moratorium on the construction of any radiation therapy facility located in 
1.13 	the following counties: Hennepin, Ramsey, Dakota, Washington, Anoka, Carver, Scott, 
1.14 	St. Louis, Sherburne, Benton, Stearns, Chisago, Isanti, and Wright. This paragraph does 
1.15 	not apply to the relocation or reconstruction of an existing facility owned by a hospital if 
1.16 	the relocation or reconstruction is within one mile of the existing facility. This paragraph 
1.17 	expires August 1, 2009.