1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; modifying the definition of diagnostic imaging facility;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 144.565, subdivision 4.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 144.565, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 4.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the 
1.7 	meanings given:.
1.8 	(b) "Diagnostic imaging facility" means a health care facility that is not a hospital or 
1.9 	location licensed as a hospital which offers diagnostic imaging services in Minnesota, 
1.10 	regardless of whether the equipment used to provide the service is owned or leased. For the 
1.11 	purposes of this section, diagnostic imaging facility includes, but is not limited to, facilities 
1.12 	such as a physician's office, clinic, mobile transport vehicle, outpatient imaging center, or 
1.13 	surgical center. A dental clinic or office is not considered a diagnostic imaging facility for 
1.14 	the purpose of this section when the clinic or office performs diagnostic imaging through 
1.15 	dental cone beam computerized tomography.
1.16 	(c) "Diagnostic imaging service" means the use of ionizing radiation or other imaging 
1.17 	technique on a human patient including, but not limited to, magnetic resonance imaging 
1.18 	(MRI) or computerized tomography (CT) other than dental cone beam computerized 
1.19 	tomography, positron emission tomography (PET), or single photon emission computerized 
1.20 	tomography (SPECT) scans using fixed, portable, or mobile equipment.
1.21 	(d) "Financial or economic interest" means a direct or indirect:
2.1 	(1) equity or debt security issued by an entity, including, but not limited to, shares of 
2.2 	stock in a corporation, membership in a limited liability company, beneficial interest in a 
2.3 	trust, units or other interests in a partnership, bonds, debentures, notes or other equity 
2.4 	interests or debt instruments, or any contractual arrangements;
2.5 	(2) membership, proprietary interest, or co-ownership with an individual, group, or 
2.6 	organization to which patients, clients, or customers are referred to; or
2.7 	(3) employer-employee or independent contractor relationship, including, but not limited 
2.8 	to, those that may occur in a limited partnership, profit-sharing arrangement, or other similar 
2.9 	arrangement with any facility to which patients are referred, including any compensation 
2.10 	between a facility and a health care provider, the group practice of which the provider is a 
2.11 	member or employee or a related party with respect to any of them.
2.12 	(e) "Fixed equipment" means a stationary diagnostic imaging machine installed in a 
2.13 	permanent location.
2.14 	(f) "Mobile equipment" means a diagnostic imaging machine in a self-contained transport 
2.15 	vehicle designed to be brought to a temporary offsite location to perform diagnostic imaging 
2.16 	services.
2.17 	(g) "Portable equipment" means a diagnostic imaging machine designed to be temporarily 
2.18 	transported within a permanent location to perform diagnostic imaging services.
2.19 	(h) "Provider of diagnostic imaging services" means a diagnostic imaging facility or an 
2.20 	entity that offers and bills for diagnostic imaging services at a facility owned or leased by 
2.21 	the entity.