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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
H. B. 2986
(By Delegates Amores, Palumbo, Webster and Andes)
(Originating in the House Committee on Health and Human
Resources)
[February 23, 2007]
A BILL
to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §16-5B-14, relating
to requiring hospitals, extended care facilities operated in
connection with a hospital,
ambulatory health care facilities,
or ambulatory surgical facilities, freestanding or operated in
connection with a hospital,
licensed in the State of West
Virginia to provide public notice of such hospital's or
facility's intent to terminate operations; and requiring that
the notice be at least three weeks prior to such termination
of operations.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §16-5B-14, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 5B. HOSPITALS AND SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS.
§16-5B-14. Public notice regarding the closure of a licensed
health care facility or hospital.
Any
hospital, extended care facility operated in connection
with a hospital,
ambulatory health care facility, or ambulatory
surgical facility freestanding or operated in connection with a
hospital,
licensed in the State of West Virginia
under this article
that intends to terminate operations shall provide at least three
weeks notice of such intent to the public prior to the actual
termination of operations. Pursuant to the provisions of Article 3
of Chapter 59 of this code, the hospital or facility shall cause a
Class III legal advertisement to be published in all qualified
newspapers of general circulation where the hospital or facility is
geographically located. The first publication of the Class III
legal advertisement shall occur at least three weeks prior to the
date the hospital or facility intends to terminate operations. The
Class III legal advertisement shall include, but is not limited to,
a statement, along with the specific or proximate date, that the
hospital, extended care facility operated in connection with a
hospital,
ambulatory health care facility, or ambulatory surgical
facility freestanding or operated in connection with a hospital,
intends to terminate operations.
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