PRINTER'S NO. 1348
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1067
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY R. BROWN, BARRAR, BISHOP, COHEN, DeLUCA, MURT,
QUINN, ROZZI AND WATSON, APRIL 24, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, APRIL 24, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), entitled "An
act relating to health care; prescribing the powers and
duties of the Department of Health; establishing and
providing the powers and duties of the State Health
Coordinating Council, health systems agencies and Health Care
Policy Board in the Department of Health, and State Health
Facility Hearing Board in the Department of Justice;
providing for certification of need of health care providers
and prescribing penalties," in licensing of health care
facilities, further providing for definitions, for licensure
and for application for license.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definition of "health care facility" in
section 802.1 of the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48),
known as the Health Care Facilities Act, amended July 7, 2006
(P.L.334, No.69), is amended and the section is amended by
adding a definition to read:
Section 802.1. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the
meanings given them in this section:
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"Health care facility." For purposes of Chapter 8, a health
care facility includes, but is not limited to, a general,
chronic disease or other type of hospital, a home health care
agency, an urgent care center, a home care agency, a hospice, a
long-term care nursing facility, cancer treatment centers using
radiation therapy on an ambulatory basis, an ambulatory surgical
facility, a birth center regardless of whether such health care
facility is operated for profit, nonprofit or by an agency of
the Commonwealth or local government. The department shall have
the authority to license other health care facilities as may be
necessary due to emergence of new modes of health care. When the
department so finds, it shall publish its intention to license a
particular type of health care facility in the Pennsylvania
Bulletin in accordance with the act of June 25, 1982 (P.L.633,
No.181), known as the "Regulatory Review Act." The term health
care facility shall not include an office used primarily for the
private practice of a health care practitioner, nor a program
which renders treatment or care for drug or alcohol abuse or
dependence unless located within a health facility, nor a
facility providing treatment solely on the basis of prayer or
spiritual means. The term health care facility shall not apply
to a facility which is conducted by a religious organization for
the purpose of providing health care services exclusively to
clergymen or other persons in a religious profession who are
members of a religious denomination.
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"Private practice." The term does not include a facility
which sees individuals on an unscheduled basis.
"Urgent care center." An organization or business entity
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that provides outpatient treatment to patients with urgent
medical conditions, illnesses or injuries on an unscheduled
basis but that is not licensed as a hospital or an ambulatory
surgical facility.
Section 2. Section 806 of the act is amended by adding a
subsection to read:
Section 806. Licensure.
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(j) Urgent care center standards.--
(1) Within one year of the effective date of this
subsection, to the extent possible, the department shall
publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin proposed regulations
establishing revised standards for licensure of urgent care
centers. The standards shall provide for separate licensure
criteria based on the service provided by the urgent care
center, including, but not limited to:
(i) fire and safety standards;
(ii) personnel and equipment requirements; and
(iii) quality assurance procedures.
(2) The purpose of the criteria under paragraph (1)
shall be to assure quality care delivery in urgent care
centers. Until such time the revised regulations are adopted,
the existing rules and regulations governing the licensure of
urgent care centers shall apply.
Section 3. Section 807(b) of the act, amended December 22,
2011 (P.L.563, No.122), is amended to read:
Section 807. Application for license.
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(b) Fees.--Application for a license or for renewal of a
license shall be accompanied by the following fees:
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(1) Regular or special license:
Home health agency $250.00
Home care agency or home care
registry 100.00
Ambulatory surgical facility 250.00
Abortion facility 250.00
Urgent care center 250.00
Birth center 70.00
Long-term care nursing facility
plus per each long-term care
250.00
bed in excess of 75 beds 2.00
Hospital
Every two years 500.00
Plus per each inpatient bed
every two years 4.00
Other health care facility 100.00
(2) Provisional license all facilities:
Provisional I $400.00
Plus per each inpatient bed 4.00
Provisional II 600.00
Plus per each inpatient bed 6.00
Provisional III 800.00
Plus per each inpatient bed 8.00
Provisional IV 1,000.00
Plus per each inpatient bed 10.00
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Section 4. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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