(a) Fees and civil penalties authorized by the certificate of need program established by this part must be paid by the health facilities commission or the collecting agency to the state treasurer and deposited in the state general fund and credited to a separate account for the commission’s expenses incurred administering the implementation and enforcement of the certificate of need laws. Fees include, but are not limited to, fees for the application of certificates of need, subscriptions, project cost overruns, copying, and contested cases. Disbursements from that account may only be made for the purpose of defraying expenses incurred in the implementation and enforcement of the certificate of need program established by this part by the commission. Funds remaining in the account at the end of a fiscal year do not revert to the general fund but remain available for expenditure in accordance with law.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-11-1620

  • Certificate of need: means a permit granted by the health facilities commission to a person for those services specified as requiring a certificate of need under §. See Tennessee Code 68-11-1602
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The commission shall prescribe fees by rule as authorized by the certificate of need program established by this part. The fees must be in an amount that, in addition to the fees prescribed in subsection (c), provides for the cost of administering the implementation and enforcement of the certificate of need program established by this part by the commission. The commission shall adjust the prescribed fees as necessary to provide that the account is fiscally self-sufficient and that revenues from fees do not exceed necessary and required expenditures.
(c) The commission shall annually collect the following schedule of fees from healthcare providers, and the fees must be paid to the state treasurer and deposited in the state general fund and credited to the commission’s separate account. The following schedule applies:

(1) Residential hospice ………………..$100 per license;
(2) Nursing homes 1-50 beds ………………..$500 per license;
(3) Nursing homes 51-100 beds ………………..$1,500 per license;
(4) Nursing homes 101+ beds ………………..$2,500 per license;
(5) Hospitals 1-100 beds ………………..$2,000 per license;
(6) Hospitals 101-200 beds ………………..$3,500 per license;
(7) Hospitals 201+ beds ………………..$5,000 per license;
(8) Ambulatory surgical treatment centers ………………..$2,000 per license;
(9) Outpatient diagnostic centers ………………..$2,000 per license;
(10) Home care organizations authorized to provide home health services or hospice services ………………..$500 per license;
(11) Birthing Centers………………..$50 per license;
(12) Nonresidential substitution-based treatment centers for opiate addiction ………………..$500 per license;
(13) Mental health residential treatment facilities………………..$100 per license;
(14) Intellectual disability institutional habilitation facilities ………………..$100 per license.
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