Source: http://dccode.elaws.us/code?no=44-406
Timestamp: 2019-11-12 23:20:24
Document Index: 448544165

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 44', '§ 44', '§ 44', '§ 44', '§ 7', '§ 12', '§ 64', '§ 32', '§ 44']

§ 44-406. Certificate of need requirements.
(b) Before there is a capital expenditure to acquire, either by purchase or under a lease or comparable arrangement, of an existing HCF or part of a HCF ("Transaction"), the person or persons acquiring control ("Proposed Owner") shall obtain a certificate of need from SHPDA. Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (5), (6), (7) and (8) of this subsection, SHPDA shall waive the procedures and review criteria set forth under § 44-409 and shall grant a certificate of need if all of the following conditions are met:
(C) All existing financial and admission policies affecting access to the HCF based upon a patient's ability to pay for services or treatment will be maintained for 2 years following transaction and will be consistent with existing law.
(G) The acquisition costs and projected operational costs would substantially and negatively impact the Proposed Owner's ability to comply with the certifications required under subsection (b)(2) of this section.
(6) SHPDA shall notify the Proposed Owner of any deficiency in the notification or of any proposed negative finding. If, by the 60th day, the Proposed Owner has not provided the required notification or addressed SHPDA's proposed negative findings, SHPDA shall, upon request by the Proposed Owner, provide the Proposed Owner a reasonable opportunity to provide additional information to SHPDA, to participate in the required hearing, or to complete its required notice in order to cure any negative finding. SHPDA shall act upon such additional submission within 15 days. If the Proposed Owner does not respond to the SHPDA notice of deficiency within 6 months of the notification from SHPDA, SHPDA shall close the proceeding. If, following submission by the Proposed Owner, SHPDA finds by clear and convincing evidence that any one or more of these standards is not met, SHPDA shall require that the Proposed Owner obtain a certificate of need in accordance with the provisions of § 44-409, except that the letter of intent and public hearing requirements shall be waived. If no action is taken by SHPDA within the initial prescribed 60-day time frame, the certificate of need shall be deemed to be issued and approved on the 61st day following the filing of the notification required in subsection (b)(1) of this section. If no action is taken by SHPDA within the additional 15-day time frame provided following an additional submission by the Proposed Owner under subsection (b)(5) of this section, the certificate of need shall be deemed to be issued and approved on the 16th day following the filing of the additional submission under this subsection (b)(5) of this section.
(d) A conversion or acquiring of effective control, as defined in § 44- 401(1), of a nonprofit HCF shall not be approved by the Attorney General for the District of Columbia unless charitable assets of the HCF have been adequately protected pursuant to the provisions of the Healthcare Entity Conversion Act of 1997.
(Apr. 9, 1997, D.C. Law 11-191, § 7, 43 DCR 4535; June 3, 1997, D.C. Law 12-32, § 12(a)(2), 44 DCR 4819; Apr. 13, 2005, D.C. Law 15-354, § 64(a), 52 DCR 2638.)
1981 Ed., § 32-356.
For legislative history of D.C. Law 12-32, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 44-401.
The "Healthcare Entity Conversion Act of 1997," referred to in (d), is D.C. Law 12-32.