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LR 2137
Item 1

 
Development

 
Sec. B-3. 22 MRSA §253, as amended by PL 2001, c. 354, §3, is
repealed.

 
Sec. B-4. 22 MRSA §1709, as enacted by PL 1965, c. 231, §3, is
repealed.

 
PART C

 
Sec. C-1. 5 MRSA §12004-I, sub-§38, as amended by PL 1997, c. 689, Pt.
A, §1 and affected by Pt. C, §2, is repealed.

 
Sec. C-2. 22 MRSA §328, sub-§3-A is enacted to read:

 
3-A.__Capital investment fund.__"Capital investment fund"
means that fund described in Title 2, section 101, subsection 1,
paragraph D.

 
Sec. C-3. 22 MRSA §328, sub-§8, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 664, §2, is
amended to read:

 
8. Health care facility. "Health care facility" means a
hospital, psychiatric hospital, nursing facility, kidney disease
treatment center including a freestanding hemodialysis facility,
rehabilitation facility, ambulatory surgical facility,
independent radiological service center, independent cardiac
catheterization center or, cancer treatment center or office of a
private physician or physicians, whether in individual or group
practice. "Health care facility" does not include the office of
a private physician or physicians or a dentist or dentists,
whether in individual or group practice.

 
Sec. C-4. 22 MRSA §328, sub-§27 is enacted to read:

 
27.__State Health Plan.__"State Health Plan" means the plan
developed in accordance with Title 2, chapter 5.

 
Sec. C-5. 22 MRSA §335, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 664, §2, is
repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
1.__Basis for decision.__Based solely on a review of the
record maintained under subsection 6, the commissioner shall
approve an application for a certificate of need if the
commissioner determines that:

 
A.__The project meets the conditions set forth in subsection
7;


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