<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>therapy facility can be constructed; requiring a study of radiation therapy <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>facilities capacity; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>section 144.5509.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 144.5509, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var><b>144.5509 RADIATION THERAPY FACILITY CONSTRUCTION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>    (a) A radiation therapy facility may be constructed only by an entity owned, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>operated, or controlled by a hospital licensed according to sections 
         <statute_ref>144.50</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>144.56</statute_ref> either <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>alone or in cooperation with another entity.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>    (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), there shall be a moratorium on the construction <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>of any radiation therapy facility located in the following counties: Hennepin, Ramsey, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>Dakota, Washington, Anoka, Carver, Scott, St. Louis, Sherburne, Benton, Stearns, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>Chisago, Isanti, and Wright. This paragraph does not apply to the relocation or <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>reconstruction of an existing facility owned by a hospital if the relocation or reconstruction <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>is within one mile of the existing facility. This paragraph does not apply to a radiation <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>therapy facility that is being built attached to a community hospital in Wright County and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>meets the following conditions prior to August 1, 2007: the capital expenditure report <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>required under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>62J.17</statute_ref>, has been filed with the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>of health; a timely construction schedule is developed, stipulating dates for beginning, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>achieving various stages, and completing construction; and all zoning and building permits <br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>applied for. Beginning January 1, 2013, this paragraph does not apply to any construction <br/>
<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>necessary to relocate a radiation therapy machine from a community hospital-owned <br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>radiation therapy facility located in the city of Maplewood to a community hospital <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>campus in the city of Woodbury within the same health system. This paragraph expires <br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>August 1, 2014.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), after August 1, 2014, the construction of a <br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>radiation therapy facility located in any of the following counties: Hennepin, Ramsey, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>Dakota, Washington, Anoka, Carver, Scott, St. Louis, Sherburne, Benton, Stearns, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>Chisago, Isanti, and Wright, may occur only if the following requirements are met:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>(1) the entity constructing the radiation therapy facility is controlled by or is under <br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>common control with a hospital licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.56; and<br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>(2) the new radiation therapy facility is located at least seven miles from an existing <br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>radiation therapy facility.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>(d) Any referring physician located within a county identified in paragraph (c) must <br/>
<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>provide each patient who is in need of radiation therapy services with a list of all radiation <br/>
<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>therapy facilities located within the counties identified in paragraph (c). Physicians <br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>with a financial interest in any radiation therapy facility must disclose to the patient the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>existence of the interest.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>(e) For purposes of this section, "controlled by" or "under common control with" <br/>
<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>policies, operations, or activities of an entity, through the ownership of, or right to vote <br/>
<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>or to direct the disposition of shares, membership interests, or ownership interests of <br/>
<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>the entity.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>(f) For purposes of this section, "financial interest in any radiation therapy facility" <br/>
<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>means a direct or indirect ownership or investment interest in a radiation therapy facility <br/>
<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>or a compensation arrangement with a radiation therapy facility.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>(g) This section does not apply to the relocation or reconstruction of an existing <br/>
<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>radiation therapy facility if:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>(1) the relocation or reconstruction of the facility remains owned by the same entity;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>(2) the relocation or reconstruction is located within one mile of the existing facility; <br/>
<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>and<br/>
<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>(3) the period in which the existing facility is closed and the relocated or <br/>
<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>reconstructed facility begins providing services does not exceed 12 months.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>    Sec. 2. <b>STUDY OF RADIATION THERAPY FACILITIES CAPACITY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>(a) To the extent of available appropriations, the commissioner of health shall <br/>
<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>conduct a study of the following: (1) current treatment capacity of the existing radiation <br/>
<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>therapy facilities within the state; (2) the present need for radiation therapy services based <br/>
<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>on population demographics and new cancer cases; and (3) the projected need in the next <br/>
<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>ten years for radiation therapy services and whether the current facilities can sustain <br/>
<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>this projected need.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>(b) The commissioner may contract with a qualified entity to conduct the study. The <br/>
<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>study shall be completed by March 15, 2013, and the results shall be submitted to the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>chairs and ranking minority members of the health and human services committees of <br/>
<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>the legislature.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>    Sec. 3. <b>APPROPRIATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>In fiscal year 2013, $137,000 is appropriated from the health care access fund for <br/>
<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>a study of radiation therapy facilities capacity. This is a onetime appropriation. If an <br/>
<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>appropriation for this purpose is enacted more than once in the 2012 legislative session, it <br/>
<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>shall be implemented only once.<br/>