2006 Code of Virginia § 32.1-102.12 - Report required

32.1-102.12. Report required.

The Commissioner shall annually report to the Governor and the GeneralAssembly on the status of Virginia's certificate of public need program. Thereport shall be issued by October 1 of each year and shall include, but neednot be limited to:

1. A summary of the Commissioner's actions during the previous fiscal yearpursuant to this article;

2. A five-year schedule for analysis of all project categories which providesfor analysis of at least three project categories per year;

3. An analysis of the appropriateness of continuing the certificate of publicneed program for at least three project categories in accordance with thefive-year schedule for analysis of all project categories;

4. An analysis of the effectiveness of the application review procedures usedby the health systems agencies and the Department required by 32.1-102.6which details the review time required during the past year for variousproject categories, the number of contested or opposed applications and theproject categories of these contested or opposed projects, the number ofapplications upon which the health systems agencies have failed to act inaccordance with the timelines of 32.1-102.6 B, and the number of deemedapprovals from the Department because of their failure to comply with thetimelines required by 32.1-102.6 E, and any other data determined by theCommissioner to be relevant to the efficient operation of the program;

5. An analysis of health care market reform in the Commonwealth and theextent, if any, to which such reform obviates the need for the certificate ofpublic need program;

6. An analysis of the accessibility by the indigent to care provided by themedical care facilities regulated pursuant to this article and the relevanceof this article to such access;

7. An analysis of the relevance of this article to the quality of careprovided by medical care facilities regulated pursuant to this article; and

8. An analysis of equipment registrations required pursuant to 32.1-102.1:1, including the type of equipment, whether an addition orreplacement, and the equipment costs.

(1997, c. 462; 1999, cc. 899, 922.)