2nd Engrossment - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
A bill for an act
relating to health; providing an exception to hospital construction moratorium;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.551, subdivision 1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.551, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
(a) The following
construction or modification may not be commenced:
(1) any erection, building, alteration, reconstruction, modernization, improvement,
extension, lease, or other acquisition by or on behalf of a hospital that increases the bed
capacity of a hospital, relocates hospital beds from one physical facility, complex, or site
to another, or otherwise results in an increase or redistribution of hospital beds within
the state; and
(2) the establishment of a new hospital.
(b) This section does not apply to:
(1) construction or relocation within a county by a hospital, clinic, or other health
care facility that is a national referral center engaged in substantial programs of patient
care, medical research, and medical education meeting state and national needs that
receives more than 40 percent of its patients from outside the state of Minnesota;
(2) a project for construction or modification for which a health care facility held
an approved certificate of need on May 1, 1984, regardless of the date of expiration of
the certificate;
(3) a project for which a certificate of need was denied before July 1, 1990, if a
timely appeal results in an order reversing the denial;
(4) a project exempted from certificate of need requirements by Laws 1981, chapter
200, section 2;
(5) a project involving consolidation of pediatric specialty hospital services within
the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area that would not result in a net increase in the
number of pediatric specialty hospital beds among the hospitals being consolidated;
(6) a project involving the temporary relocation of pediatric-orthopedic hospital
beds to an existing licensed hospital that will allow for the reconstruction of a new
philanthropic, pediatric-orthopedic hospital on an existing site and that will not result in a
net increase in the number of hospital beds. Upon completion of the reconstruction,
the licenses of both hospitals must be reinstated at the capacity that existed on each site
before the relocation;
(7) the relocation or redistribution of hospital beds within a hospital building or
identifiable complex of buildings provided the relocation or redistribution does not result
in: (i) an increase in the overall bed capacity at that site; (ii) relocation of hospital beds
from one physical site or complex to another; or (iii) redistribution of hospital beds within
the state or a region of the state;
(8) relocation or redistribution of hospital beds within a hospital corporate system
that involves the transfer of beds from a closed facility site or complex to an existing site
or complex provided that: (i) no more than 50 percent of the capacity of the closed facility
is transferred; (ii) the capacity of the site or complex to which the beds are transferred
does not increase by more than 50 percent; (iii) the beds are not transferred outside of a
federal health systems agency boundary in place on July 1, 1983; and (iv) the relocation or
redistribution does not involve the construction of a new hospital building;
(9) a construction project involving up to 35 new beds in a psychiatric hospital in
Rice County that primarily serves adolescents and that receives more than 70 percent of its
patients from outside the state of Minnesota;
(10) a project to replace a hospital or hospitals with a combined licensed capacity
of 130 beds or less if: (i) the new hospital site is located within five miles of the current
site; and (ii) the total licensed capacity of the replacement hospital, either at the time of
construction of the initial building or as the result of future expansion, will not exceed 70
licensed hospital beds, or the combined licensed capacity of the hospitals, whichever is
less;
(11) the relocation of licensed hospital beds from an existing state facility operated
by the commissioner of human services to a new or existing facility, building, or complex
operated by the commissioner of human services; from one regional treatment center
site to another; or from one building or site to a new or existing building or site on the
same campus;
(12) the construction or relocation of hospital beds operated by a hospital having a
statutory obligation to provide hospital and medical services for the indigent that does not
result in a net increase in the number of hospital beds, notwithstanding section 144.552, 27
beds, of which 12 serve mental health needs, may be transferred from Hennepin County
Medical Center to Regions Hospital under this clause;
(13) a construction project involving the addition of up to 31 new beds in an existing
nonfederal hospital in Beltrami County;
(14) a construction project involving the addition of up to eight new beds in an
existing nonfederal hospital in Otter Tail County with 100 licensed acute care beds;
(15) a construction project involving the addition of 20 new hospital beds
used for rehabilitation services in an existing hospital in Carver County serving the
southwest suburban metropolitan area. Beds constructed under this clause shall not be
eligible for reimbursement under medical assistance, general assistance medical care,
or MinnesotaCare;
(16) a project for the construction or relocation of up to 20 hospital beds for the
operation of up to two psychiatric facilities or units for children provided that the operation
of the facilities or units have received the approval of the commissioner of human services;
(17) a project involving the addition of 14 new hospital beds to be used for
rehabilitation services in an existing hospital in Itasca County;
(18) a project to add 20 licensed beds in existing space at a hospital in Hennepin
County that closed 20 rehabilitation beds in 2002, provided that the beds are used only
for rehabilitation in the hospital's current rehabilitation building. If the beds are used for
another purpose or moved to another location, the hospital's licensed capacity is reduced
by 20 beds;
(19) a critical access hospital established under section 144.1483, clause (9), and
section 1820 of the federal Social Security Act, United States Code, title 42, section
1395i-4, that delicensed beds since enactment of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Public
Law 105-33, to the extent that the critical access hospital does not seek to exceed the
maximum number of beds permitted such hospital under federal law;
(20) notwithstanding section 144.552, a project for the construction of a new hospital
in the city of Maple Grove with a licensed capacity of up to 300 beds provided that:
(i) the project, including each hospital or health system that will own or control the
entity that will hold the new hospital license, is approved by a resolution of the Maple
Grove City Council as of March 1, 2006;
(ii) the entity that will hold the new hospital license will be owned or controlled by
one or more not-for-profit hospitals or health systems that have previously submitted a
plan or plans for a project in Maple Grove as required under section 144.552, and the
plan or plans have been found to be in the public interest by the commissioner of health
as of April 1, 2005;
(iii) the new hospital's initial inpatient services must include, but are not limited
to, medical and surgical services, obstetrical and gynecological services, intensive
care services, orthopedic services, pediatric services, noninvasive cardiac diagnostics,
behavioral health services, and emergency room services;
(iv) the new hospital:
(A) will have the ability to provide and staff sufficient new beds to meet the growing
needs of the Maple Grove service area and the surrounding communities currently being
served by the hospital or health system that will own or control the entity that will hold
the new hospital license;
(B) will provide uncompensated care;
(C) will provide mental health services, including inpatient beds;
(D) will be a site for workforce development for a broad spectrum of
health-care-related occupations and have a commitment to providing clinical training
programs for physicians and other health care providers;
(E) will demonstrate a commitment to quality care and patient safety;
(F) will have an electronic medical records system, including physician order entry;
(G) will provide a broad range of senior services;
(H) will provide emergency medical services that will coordinate care with regional
providers of trauma services and licensed emergency ambulance services in order to
enhance the continuity of care for emergency medical patients; and
(I) will be completed by December 31, 2009, unless delayed by circumstances
beyond the control of the entity holding the new hospital license; and
(v) as of 30 days following submission of a written plan, the commissioner of health
has not determined that the hospitals or health systems that will own or control the entity
that will hold the new hospital license are unable to meet the criteria of this clause;
(21) a project approved under section 144.553;
(22) a project for the construction of a hospital with up to 25 beds in Cass County
within a 20-mile radius of the state Ah-Gwah-Ching facility, provided the hospital's
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(23) a project for an acute care hospital in Fergus Falls that will increase the bed
capacity from 108 to 110 beds by increasing the rehabilitation bed capacity from 14 to 16
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(24) a project for construction of a specialty psychiatric hospital in the city of
Woodbury for up to 66 beds, exclusively for patients who are under 21 years of age on
the date of admission, provided the hospital shall be subject to the Federal Emergency
Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act and Centers for Medicaid and Medicare
certification including, but not limited to:
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(i) accepting emergency transfers and admissions 24 hours a day, 365 days a year;
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(ii) having physicians on site or on call and able to respond on site 24 hours a day;
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(iii) providing emergency medical treatment regardless of ability to pay; and
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(iv) establishing a transfer agreement with a general hospital for services not
available at the facility.
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