Bill Text: MA S576 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: For legislation relative to the determination of need for the independently licensed commercial laboratories
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-05 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the Senate Committee on Ethics and Rules [S576 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S576-Introduced.html
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 Licensed/Commercial Laboratories .
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
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Robert A. O'Leary |
Cape and Islands |
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 111 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 original 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 grandfathering 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 expenditures with respect to an independently licensed clinical laboratory”.
