00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 297(HES)                                                                                        
01 "An Act relating to the certificate of need program; and providing for an                                               
02 effective date."                                                                                                        
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 18.07.031(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
05  (a)  A person may not make an expenditure of                                                                          
06    (1)  $7,000,000  [$1,000,000] or more for any of the following unless                                             
07 authorized under the terms of a certificate of need issued by the department:                                           
08    (A)  [(1)]  construction of a health care facility  that is not a                                               
09 nursing home ;                                                                                                         
10    (B)  [(2)]  alteration of the bed capacity of a health care facility                                             
11  that is not a nursing home ; or                                                                                      
12    (C)  [(3)]  addition of a category of health services provided by                                                
13 a health care facility  that is not a nursing home;                                                                    
14   (2)  $1,000,000 or more for any of the following unless authorized                                                   

01 under the terms of a certificate of need issued by the department:                                                      
02   (A)  construction of a health care facility that is a nursing                                                       
03 home;                                                                                                                   
04   (B)  alteration of the bed capacity of a health care facility                                                       
05 that is a nursing home; or                                                                                              
06   (C)  addition of a category of health services provided by a                                                        
07 health care facility that is a nursing home .                                                                          
08    * Sec. 2.  AS 18.07.031(c) is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                          
09  (c) In determining the expenditure threshold in (a) of this section, the                                              
10 department may consider only the estimated costs associated with the excavation,                                        
11 erection, building, alteration, reconstruction, improvement, extension, or modification                                 
12 of the health care facility under this chapter, and the lease or purchase of equipment,                                 
13 necessary furnishings, and ancillary requirements for the health care facility, but may                                 
14 not consider the estimated costs of associated facilities such as the offices of health                                 
15 care professionals maintaining a private practice that are incorporated into or are made                                
16 part of the health care facility.                                                                                       
17    * Sec. 3.  AS 18.07.111 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                              
18   (10)  "nursing home" has the meaning given in AS 08.70.180.                                                          
19    * Sec. 4.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section                            
20 to read:                                                                                                                
21  APPLICABILITY.  AS 18.07.031(a), as amended by sec. 1 of this Act, applies to an                                       
22 activity listed in AS 18.07.031 even if a certificate of need for the activity is pending on the                        
23 day before the effective date of this Act.                                                                              
24    * Sec. 5.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).