00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 297(STA)                                                                                        
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)  Except as provided in (c) of this section, a  [A] person may not make an                                       
06 expenditure of $1,000,000 or more for any of the following unless authorized under                                      
07 the terms of a certificate of need issued by the department:                                                            
08   (1)  construction of a health care facility;                                                                         
09   (2)  alteration of the bed capacity of a health care facility; or                                                    
10   (3)  addition of a category of health services provided by a health care                                             
11 facility.                                                                                                               
12    * Sec. 2.  AS 18.07.031 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
13  (c)  Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a person who is lawfully operating a                                        
14 health care facility that is an ambulatory surgical facility at a site may make an                                      

01 expenditure of any amount in order to relocate the services of that facility to a new site                              
02 in the same community without obtaining a certificate of need as long as neither the                                    
03 bed capacity nor the number of categories of health services provided at the new site                                   
04 is greater.  However, notwithstanding the expenditure threshold in (a) of this section,                                 
05 a person may not use the site from which the health care facility relocated for another                                 
06 health care facility unless authorized under a certificate of need issued by the                                        
07 department.                                                                                                             
08    * Sec. 3.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section                            
09 to read:                                                                                                                
10  APPLICABILITY.  AS 18.07.031(c), added by sec. 2 of this Act, applies to a                                             
11 relocation that begins on or after the effective date of this Act.                                                      
12    * Sec. 4.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).