Reference is to Printer's Date 4/23/15-H.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 5, by striking Section 44-7-130(1) and inserting:
/ "(1) 'Affected
person' means the applicant, a person with standing
residing within the geographic area served or to be served by
the applicant, persons located in the health service
area in which the project is to be located and
who provide similar services to the proposed project in
the health service area in which the project is to be
located, persons who before receipt by the department of the
proposal being reviewed have formally indicated an intention to
provide in the future similar services in the
future to the proposed project in the health service
area in which the project is to be located, persons who pay
for health services in the health service area in which the
project is to be located and who have notified the department of
their interest in Certificate of Need applications, the State
Consumer Advocate, and the State Ombudsman. Persons from
another state who would otherwise be considered 'affected
persons' are not included unless that state provides for similar
involvement of persons from South Carolina in its certificate of
need process. A person operating a health
care facility or providing a health service in a state other
than South Carolina who does not: (a) operate a health care
facility in the proposed service area which provides similar
services; or (b) provide a health service similar to that being
sought by the applicant, and who is neither an applicant nor a
competing applicant, is not considered an affected person.
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Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.