150.95 Moratorium.
(1) Before July 1, 1996, no person may obligate for a capital expenditure by or on behalf of a hospital, to add to the number of the licensed psychiatric or chemical dependency beds of the hospital that the department determines exist on May 12, 1992, or to establish a new hospital with psychiatric or chemical dependency beds. Before July 1, 1996, no person may convert existing hospital beds approved for occupancy to licensed psychiatric or chemical dependency beds of the hospital.
(2) This section does not apply to a hospital operated by the state department of veterans affairs under s. 45.50 (10).
History: 1991 a. 250; 1995 a. 20, 27; 2005 a. 22.