Bill S.576

SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1496        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 576

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Robert A. O'Leary

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
              Court assembled:

              The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:

An Act Relative to the Determination of Need for Independently Li censed/Commercial Laboratories .

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PETITION OF:

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
 

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act Relative to the Determination of Need for Independently Licensed/Commercial Laboratories .


 

              Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

              SECTION 1. Chapter 11 1 of the general laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 53G, as added by section 11 of chapter 305 of the acts of 2008, the following new section:  -

“Section 53H. Notwithstanding any general or special law or regulation to the contrary, no ori ginal license shall be issued to establish a clinical laboratory unless there is a determination by the department that there is a need for such facility. The department shall promulgate regulations to implement this section, including with respect to gran dfathering of existing facilities.”

SECTION 2.   Section 25B of said chapter 111 is hereby further amended by inserting within the definition of "Expenditure minimum with respect to substantial capital expenditures'',  after the clause “other than ambulatory surgery,” the following:-

“ or other than ex penditures with respect to an independently licensed clinical laboratory”.