D.C. Code § 44-420: Fees.

(a)

The SHPDA shall collect application fees from persons that request a certificate of need. The fee required for an application shall be the greater of 3% of the proposed capital expenditure or $5,000, with a maximum of $300,000. The SHPDA is authorized to establish a fee schedule for certain data, analyses and reports published by the SHPDA from the HPDS. The annual user fee for private hospitals shall be $4 per inpatient admission and increase to $4.50 per inpatient admission beginning in the 2021 fiscal year, based on the previous calendar year’s admission data, to be paid to the SHPDA on a quarterly basis, in lieu of a certificate of need application fee. The certificate of need application fee for any project receiving funds through the Medical Homes DC initiative, as operated by the District of Columbia Primary Care Association, shall be $5,000. User fees may also be established for other classes of facilities by regulation. SHPDA may adjust a user fee periodically to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor.

(b)

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the maximum application fee that may be collected from Specialty Hospitals of America, LLC, or certain of its subsidiary entities, for facilities located in Lots 3 and 4, Square 5919, related to the acquisition of Greater Southeast Community Hospital shall be $300,000.

(c)

Repealed.

(d)

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the $52,050 application fee paid by Iona Senior Services for a project located at 3303 Stanton Road, S.E., Washington, D.C., 20020, shall be waived and refunded.

(e)

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the maximum application fee that may be collected from Community of Hope for a project located at 2120 Bladensburg Road, N.E., Washington, D.C., 20018, shall be $5,000, and any application fees paid prior to March 3, 2020 shall be refunded.