Sec. 5. 22 MRSA §329, sub-§9 is enacted to read:

9.__New ambulatory surgical facilities; expansions, renovations, new expenditures and new services.__The construction, development, establishment or licensure of a new ambulatory surgical facility or the expansion, renovation or new expenditure or new service by an existing ambulatory surgical facility.

Sec. 6. 22 MRSA §330, sub-§§6 and 7, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 664, §2, are amended to read:

6. Existing capacity. The use by an ambulatory surgical facility licensed on January 1, 1998 of capacity in existence on January 1, 1998, except that any expansion, renovation or new expenditure or service by such facility taking place after January 1, 1998 that would otherwise be subject to review under this chapter is not exempt; and

7. Critical access hospitals. Conversion by a critical access hospital of acute care beds or beds voluntarily reduced under section 333, subsection 1 to hospital swing beds.

Sec. 7. 22 MRSA §332, as amended by PL 2001, c. 710, §9, is repealed.

Sec. 8. 22 MRSA §337, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 664, §2, is amended to read:

3. Application content. An application for a certificate of need must describe with specificity how the proposed project meets each of the conditions for granting a certificate of need required by this chapter. A statement or statements that the project will meet the conditions without supporting facts backed by relevant documentation and analysis constitute sufficient cause to deny the application. An application subject to full review must contain, if available and relevant to the particular service or technology, information on health status, characteristics of the payor mix for the population to be served, public health need for the service or technology, quality assurance processes and prevention programs.

Sec. 9. 22 MRSA §343, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 664, §2, is amended to read: