HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                       3171

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1986.

Approved May 27, 1986.

CHAPTER 827

(House Bill 1840)

AN ACT concerning

Health Facilities - Certificate of Need - Exemptions

FOR the purpose of adding an exemption from the certificate of
need process for a capital expenditure for equipment,
construction, or renovations that does not change the health
services or bed capacity of a certain health facility; and
generally relating to exemptions from the certificate of
need process.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Health - General
Section 19-115(k)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1982 Volume and 1985 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health - General

19-115.

(k) (1) A certificate of need is required before any of the
following capital expenditures are made by or on behalf of a
health care facility:

(i) Any expenditure that, under generally
accepted accounting principles, is not properly chargeable as an
operating or maintenance expense, if:

1. The expenditure is made as part of an
acquisition, improvement, or expansion, and, after adjustment for
inflation as provided in the regulations of the Commission, the
total expenditure, including the cost of each study, survey,
design, plan, working drawing, specification, and other essential
activity, is more than $600,000;

2. The expenditure is made as part of a
replacement of any plant and equipment of the health care