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Chief Patron: Hanger
UVA Medical Center - Clarify Duplicative Medical Services Provided (language only)

Item 199 #1s

Item 199 #1s

Education: Higher Education
University of Virginia Medical Center

Language
Page 153, after line 15, insert:
"F.  As a condition of this appropriation, no funds shall be expended to provide health related services beyond primary care within fifteen miles of any community hospital system designated by the federal government as a rural referral center through the Code of Federal Regulations under 42 CFR 412.96 or sole community hospital through the Code of Federal Regulations under 42 CFR 412.92 that are duplicative of services provided by that community hospital system, unless approved by the Commissioner of Health as essential to public health and in the public interest."


Explanation
(This amendment clarifies the extent to which the University of Virginia Medical Center may offer duplicative health care services within 15 miles of a federally designated rural referral center except for primary care services or when approved by the Commissioner of Health.)