SP0642, LD 1848, item 2, ‘An Act To Expand the Notification Requirements of the Maine Certificate of Need Act of 2002’

Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:

‘An Act To Expand the Notification Requirements of the Maine Certificate of Need Act of 2002’

Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:

‘Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §337, sub-§5, as amended by PL 2011, c. 424, Pt. D, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §1, is further amended to read:

5. Public notice; public informational meeting. Within 5 business days of the filing of a certificate by an applicant that a complete certificate of need application is on file with the department, public notice that the application has been filed and that a public informational meeting must be held regarding the application must be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in Kennebec County and in a newspaper published within the service area in which the proposed expenditure will occur. If an existing health care facility may close or lose bed capacity as a result of a proposal for which a certificate of need application has been filed, the department shall notify the municipal officers of the municipality in which that health care facility is located and the members of the State House of Representatives and the State Senate representing any part of that municipality. The notice must also be provided to all persons who have requested notification by means of asking that their names be placed on a mailing list maintained by the department for this purpose. This notice must include:

A. A brief description of the proposed expenditure or other action , including the name and location of any existing health care facility that may close or lose bed capacity as a result of a proposal for which a certificate of need application has been filed;

B. A description of the review process and schedule;

C. A statement that any person may examine the application, submit comments in writing to the department regarding the application and examine the entire record assembled by the department at any time from the date of publication of the notice until the application process is closed for comment; and

D. The time and location of the public informational meeting and a statement that any person may appear at the meeting to question the applicant regarding the project or the department regarding the conditions that the applicant must satisfy in order to receive a certificate of need for the project.

The department shall make an electronic or stenographic record of the public informational meeting.

A public informational meeting is not required for the simplified review and approval process in section 336.

Sec. 2. Rules. The Department of Health and Human Services shall adopt routine technical rules pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A regarding the notice required by Title 22, section 337, subsection 5.’

summary

This amendment replaces the bill and changes its title. The amendment expands the notification requirements of the Maine Certificate of Need Act of 2002 in the bill to specify that if an existing health care facility may close or lose bed capacity as a result of a proposal for which a certificate of need application has been filed, the Department of Health and Human Services must notify the municipal officers of the municipality in which that health care facility is located and the members of the State House of Representatives and the State Senate representing any part of that municipality. The amendment requires the published notice to identify the name and location of any health care facility that may close or lose bed capacity as a result of the proposal for which a certificate of need has been filed.

FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED

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SP0642 LD 1848	Second Regular Session - 125th Maine Legislature C "A", Filing Number S-493, Sponsored by		LR 2777 Item 2
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