GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1999

SESSION LAW 2000-135
HOUSE BILL 1184

AN ACT TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "NEW INSTITUTIONAL HEALTH SERVICES" IN ARTICLE 9 OF CHAPTER 131E OF THE GENERAL STATUTES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 131E-176(16) is amended by adding the following new sub-subdivision to read:
"t.	The relocation or expansion of part or all of an ambulatory surgical facility which requires a new license under Part D of Article 6 of this Chapter, or the relocation and addition of part or all of a hospital operating room to a building other than one within which it is currently located."
Section 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and is repealed effective July 1, 2001.  This act shall not apply to a party involved in litigation pending on or before the effective date of this act.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 13th day of July, 2000.

s/	Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate

s/	James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives

s/	James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor

Approved 10:20 a.m. this 14th day of July, 2000