House Amendment 8691


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend House File 2700 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 21, by inserting after line 14 the
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     1  4    <Sec.    .  Section 135.63, subsection 2, paragraph
     1  5 l, Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
     1  6    l.  The replacement or modernization of any
     1  7 institutional health facility if the replacement or
     1  8 modernization does not add new health services or
     1  9 additional bed capacity for existing health services,
     1 10 notwithstanding any provision in this division to the
     1 11 contrary.  With reference to a hospital, "replacement"
     1 12 means establishing a new hospital that demonstrates
     1 13 compliance with all of the following criteria through
     1 14 evidence submitted to the department:
     1 15    (1)  Is designated as a critical access hospital
     1 16 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. } 1395i=4.
     1 17    (2)  Serves at least seventy=five percent of the
     1 18 same service area that was served by the prior
     1 19 hospital to be closed and replaced by the new
     1 20 hospital.
     1 21    (3)  Provides at least seventy=five percent of the
     1 22 same services that were provided by the prior hospital
     1 23 to be closed and replaced by the new hospital.
     1 24    (4)  Is staffed by at least seventy=five percent of
     1 25 the same staff, including medical staff, contracted
     1 26 staff, and employees, as constituted the staff of the
     1 27 prior hospital to be closed and replaced by the new
     1 28 hospital.>
     1 29 #2.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     1 33 HOFFMAN of Crawford
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