| | | Except for state-operated mental health hospitals, any | | hospital licensed by the department is subject to an annual | | assessment under this chapter. The department shall determine and | | collect the assessment. The amount of the assessment must be | | based upon each hospital's gross patient service revenue. For any | | fiscal year, the aggregate amount raised by assessment may not | | exceed $200,000. The department shall deposit funds collected | | under this section into a dedicated revenue account. Funds | | remaining in the account at the end of each fiscal year do not | | lapse but carry forward into subsequent years. Funds deposited | | into the account must be allocated to carry out the purposes of | | this chapter. |
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| | | The application fee for a certificate of public advantage is | | governed by this section.__The application fee for a certificate | | of public advantage that involves a merger of 2 or more | | hospitals, each of which has 50 or more beds, is $10,000.__The | | application fee for a certificate of public advantage for all | | other cooperative agreements is $2,500.__The department shall | | deposit all funds received under this section and section 1844, | | subsection 5 into a nonlapsing dedicated revenue account to be | | used only by the Attorney General for the payment of the cost of | | experts and consultants in connection with reviews conducted | | under this chapter. |
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| | | The department shall adopt rules to carry out the purposes of | | this chapter.__Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine | | technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2- | | A. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 22 MRSA c. 405-D. as amended, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 3. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2007. |
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| | | This bill repeals the Hospital Cooperation Act of 1992. It | | enacts the Hospital and Health Care Provider Cooperation Act to | | provide a mechanism that hospitals and health care providers may | | use to provide state action immunity under federal antitrust laws | | when hospitals enter into cooperative agreements with other | | hospitals and health care providers enter into cooperative | | agreements with other health care providers. The bill sets the | | application fees for hospital and health care provider |
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