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SF 248

2nd Engrossment - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 04/26/2012 10:09am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
relating to health; establishing criteria that must be met before a new radiation
therapy facility can be constructed; requiring a study of radiation therapy
facilities capacity; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010,
section 144.5509.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 144.5509, is amended to read:


144.5509 RADIATION THERAPY FACILITY CONSTRUCTION.

(a) A radiation therapy facility may be constructed only by an entity owned,
operated, or controlled by a hospital licensed according to sections 144.50 to 144.56 either
alone or in cooperation with another entity.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), there shall be a moratorium on the construction
of any radiation therapy facility located in the following counties: Hennepin, Ramsey,
Dakota, Washington, Anoka, Carver, Scott, St. Louis, Sherburne, Benton, Stearns,
Chisago, Isanti, and Wright. This paragraph does not apply to the relocation or
reconstruction of an existing facility owned by a hospital if the relocation or reconstruction
is within one mile of the existing facility. This paragraph does not apply to a radiation
therapy facility that is being built attached to a community hospital in Wright County and
meets the following conditions prior to August 1, 2007: the capital expenditure report
required under Minnesota Statutes, section 62J.17, has been filed with the commissioner
of health; a timely construction schedule is developed, stipulating dates for beginning,
achieving various stages, and completing construction; and all zoning and building permits
applied for. new text begin Beginning January 1, 2013, this paragraph does not apply to any construction
necessary to relocate a radiation therapy machine from a community hospital-owned
radiation therapy facility located in the city of Maplewood to a community hospital
campus in the city of Woodbury within the same health system.
new text end This paragraph expires
August 1, 2014.

new text begin (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), after August 1, 2014, the construction of a
radiation therapy facility located in any of the following counties: Hennepin, Ramsey,
Dakota, Washington, Anoka, Carver, Scott, St. Louis, Sherburne, Benton, Stearns,
Chisago, Isanti, and Wright, may occur only if the following requirements are met:
new text end

new text begin (1) the entity constructing the radiation therapy facility is controlled by or is under
common control with a hospital licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.56; and
new text end

new text begin (2) the new radiation therapy facility is located at least seven miles from an existing
radiation therapy facility.
new text end

new text begin (d) Any referring physician located within a county identified in paragraph (c) must
provide each patient who is in need of radiation therapy services with a list of all radiation
therapy facilities located within the counties identified in paragraph (c). Physicians
with a financial interest in any radiation therapy facility must disclose to the patient the
existence of the interest.
new text end

new text begin (e) For purposes of this section, "controlled by" or "under common control with"
means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
policies, operations, or activities of an entity, through the ownership of, or right to vote
or to direct the disposition of shares, membership interests, or ownership interests of
the entity.
new text end

new text begin (f) For purposes of this section, "financial interest in any radiation therapy facility"
means a direct or indirect ownership or investment interest in a radiation therapy facility
or a compensation arrangement with a radiation therapy facility.
new text end

new text begin (g) This section does not apply to the relocation or reconstruction of an existing
radiation therapy facility if:
new text end

new text begin (1) the relocation or reconstruction of the facility remains owned by the same entity;
new text end

new text begin (2) the relocation or reconstruction is located within one mile of the existing facility;
and
new text end

new text begin (3) the period in which the existing facility is closed and the relocated or
reconstructed facility begins providing services does not exceed 12 months.
new text end

Sec. 2. new text begin STUDY OF RADIATION THERAPY FACILITIES CAPACITY.
new text end

new text begin (a) To the extent of available appropriations, the commissioner of health shall
conduct a study of the following: (1) current treatment capacity of the existing radiation
therapy facilities within the state; (2) the present need for radiation therapy services based
on population demographics and new cancer cases; and (3) the projected need in the next
ten years for radiation therapy services and whether the current facilities can sustain
this projected need.
new text end

new text begin (b) The commissioner may contract with a qualified entity to conduct the study. The
study shall be completed by March 15, 2013, and the results shall be submitted to the
chairs and ranking minority members of the health and human services committees of
the legislature.
new text end

Sec. 3. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
new text end

new text begin In fiscal year 2013, $137,000 is appropriated from the health care access fund for
a study of radiation therapy facilities capacity. This is a onetime appropriation. If an
appropriation for this purpose is enacted more than once in the 2012 legislative session, it
shall be implemented only once.
new text end