HF 3874

as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 03/03/2022 02:03pm

A bill for an act
relating to health; modifying the definition of diagnostic imaging facility; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 144.565, subdivision 4.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 144.565, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Definitions.

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the
meanings given deleted text begin : deleted text end new text begin .
new text end

(b) "Diagnostic imaging facility" means a health care facility that is not a hospital or
location licensed as a hospital which offers diagnostic imaging services in Minnesota,
regardless of whether the equipment used to provide the service is owned or leased. For the
purposes of this section, diagnostic imaging facility includes, but is not limited to, facilities
such as a physician's office, clinic, mobile transport vehicle, outpatient imaging center, or
surgical center. new text begin A dental clinic or office is not considered a diagnostic imaging facility for
the purpose of this section when the clinic or office performs diagnostic imaging through
dental cone beam computerized tomography.
new text end

(c) "Diagnostic imaging service" means the use of ionizing radiation or other imaging
technique on a human patient including deleted text begin , deleted text end but not limited to deleted text begin , deleted text end magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) or computerized tomography (CT) new text begin other than dental cone beam computerized
tomography new text end , positron emission tomography (PET), or single photon emission computerized
tomography (SPECT) scans using fixed, portable, or mobile equipment.

(d) "Financial or economic interest" means a direct or indirect:

(1) equity or debt security issued by an entity, including, but not limited to, shares of
stock in a corporation, membership in a limited liability company, beneficial interest in a
trust, units or other interests in a partnership, bonds, debentures, notes or other equity
interests or debt instruments, or any contractual arrangements;

(2) membership, proprietary interest, or co-ownership with an individual, group, or
organization to which patients, clients, or customers are referred to; or

(3) employer-employee or independent contractor relationship, including, but not limited
to, those that may occur in a limited partnership, profit-sharing arrangement, or other similar
arrangement with any facility to which patients are referred, including any compensation
between a facility and a health care provider, the group practice of which the provider is a
member or employee or a related party with respect to any of them.

(e) "Fixed equipment" means a stationary diagnostic imaging machine installed in a
permanent location.

(f) "Mobile equipment" means a diagnostic imaging machine in a self-contained transport
vehicle designed to be brought to a temporary offsite location to perform diagnostic imaging
services.

(g) "Portable equipment" means a diagnostic imaging machine designed to be temporarily
transported within a permanent location to perform diagnostic imaging services.

(h) "Provider of diagnostic imaging services" means a diagnostic imaging facility or an
entity that offers and bills for diagnostic imaging services at a facility owned or leased by
the entity.