Pennsylvania Statutes Title 71 P.S. State Government § 551. Exception to certificate of need (Adm. Code § 2121)

Notwithstanding the provisions of the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L. 130, No. 48), known as the “Health Care Facilities Act”,  1 in 1982, the General Assembly found need for the construction of a hospital addition at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. The Department of Health shall not require a certificate of need for the hospital addition authorized in section 1.B.II. of the act of December 6, 1982 (P.L. 771, No. 222), entitled “A supplement to the act of July 1, 1981 (P.L. 142, No. 47), entitled ‘An act providing for the capital budget for the fiscal year 1981-1982,’ itemizing public improvement and furniture and equipment projects to be constructed or acquired by the Department of General Services together with their estimated financial cost, authorizing the incurring of debt without the approval of the electors for the purpose of financing the projects to be constructed or acquired by the Department of General Services, stating the estimated useful life of the projects, repealing projects and making appropriations,” and section 2(3)(xv)(K) and (L) of the act of May 18, 1984 (P.L. 263, No. 62), entitled “A supplement to the act of December 20, 1983 (P.L. 288, No. 76), entitled ‘An act providing for the capital budget for the fiscal year 1983-1984,’ itemizing public improvement projects, furniture and equipment projects, redevelopment assistance projects and transportation assistance projects to be constructed or acquired or assisted by the Department of General Services, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Community Affairs or the Pennsylvania Fish Commission, together with their estimated financial cost; authorizing the incurring of debt without the approval of the electors for the purpose of financing the projects to be constructed or acquired or assisted by the Department of General Services, the Department of Transportation or the Department of Community Affairs; stating the estimated useful life of the projects; authorizing issuing officials to undertake limited temporary borrowing through negotiated settlements; and making an appropriation,” nor shall a certificate of need for the development and construction of the hospital addition be required and such hospital addition shall be exempt from the certificate of need provisions of the Health Care Facilities Act. ²