D.C. Act 22-110. Unity Health Care, Inc. Certificate of Need Maximum Fee Establishment Emergency Amendment Act of 2017.

AN ACT

To amend, on an emergency basis, the Health Services Planning Program Re-Establishment Act of 1996 to set forth the maximum fee for filing a certificate of need application by Unity Health Care, Inc. for a project located at 4430 Benning Road, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20019.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this act may be cited as the "Unity Health Care, Inc. Certificate of Need Maximum Fee Establishment Emergency Amendment Act of 2017".

Sec. 2. Section 21 of the Health Services Planning Program Re-Establishment Act of 1996, effective April 9, 1997 (D.C. Law 11-191; D.C. Official Code § 44-420), is amended by adding a new subsection (c) to read as follows:

"(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the maximum application fee that may be collected from Unity Health Care, Inc. for a project located at 4430 Benning Road, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20019 shall be $5,000.".

Sec. 3. Fiscal impact statement.

The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Budget Director as the fiscal impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.47a).

Sec. 4. Effective date.

This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), and shall remain in effect for no longer than 90 days, as provided for emergency acts of the Council of the District of Columbia in section 412(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 788; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.12(a)).