GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 204

Short Title:  GPAC/CON self-funded.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Martin of Guilford; Daniel and Blackmon.
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Referred to:  Government Performance Audit.
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February 17, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO IMPLEMENT A RECOMMENDATION OF THE GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AUDIT COMMITTEE TO MAKE THE CERTIFICATE OF NEED PROGRAM SELF-FUNDED BY INCREASING THE CON APPLICATION FEES BY FIFTY PERCENT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The General Assembly finds that, while other states with Certificate of Need agencies have increased fees or downsized staff to fund their programs without state revenue, the application fees generated by North Carolina's Certificate of Need process currently cover only seventy-five percent (75%) of program expenses.
Sec. 2.  (a)	Effective October 1, 1993, the Division of Facility Services, Department of Human Resources, shall increase all application fees for a Certificate of Need by fifty percent (50%).
(b)	Effective October 1, 1993, G.S. 131E-177(9) reads as rewritten:
"(9)	Establish and collect fees for submitting applications for certificates of need, which fees shall be based on the total cost of the project for which the applicant is applying.  This fee shall not exceed twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($22,500) and shall not be less than six hundred dollars ($600.00)."
Sec. 3.  The base budget of the Division of Facility Services, Department of Human Resources, is reduced by two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year due to the implementation of this act.
Sec. 4.  Unless otherwise stated, this act becomes effective July 1, 1993, and applies to application fees for applications requested on or after October 1, 1993.