Section 150.29. Approval requirement.

 

(1)  No person may enter into an obligation for a project described in s. 150.21 or engage in activities described in that section without the department's prior approval.

(2)  In its approval of any project the department shall specify the total number of approved additional beds and the maximum capital expenditure and per diem rates permitted.

(3)  In determining whether expenditures require prior approval under this section, the department shall aggregate separate expenditures and consider them together if any of the following applies:

(a) The aggregated expenditures were agreed upon at the same time, authorized by one act or devised or designed as parts of one plan.

(b) The needs for or purposes of the aggregated expenditures reasonably could have been foreseen when the first expenditure was made, and the aggregated expenditures most economically and efficiently would be made at the same time.

1983 a. 27 ; 1993 a. 290 .