SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 12C of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the definition of “Hospital service corporation” the following definition:--

“Limited services clinic”, a clinic that provides limited services as defined by section 51J of chapter 111.

SECTION 2. Section 1 of said chapter 12C is hereby further amended by adding the following definitions:--

“Urgent Care”, a model of episodic care delivery that is primarily the immediate diagnosis, treatment, management or monitoring of acute and chronic disease, generally provided on a walk-in basis, and not intended as the patient’s primary care provider.

“Urgent care clinic”, a clinic that provides urgent care as defined by this section.

SECTION 3. Subsection (a) of section 8 of chapter 12C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:-

Such uniform reporting shall enable the center to identify, on a patient-centered and provider-specific basis, statewide and regional trends in the cost, price, availability, utilization, and public payer mix of medical, surgical, diagnostic and ancillary services provided by acute hospitals, nursing homes, chronic care and rehabilitation hospitals, other specialty hospitals, clinics, including mental health clinics, ambulatory surgical centers, urgent care clinics, limited service clinics, and other ambulatory care providers as the center may specify.

SECTION 4. The second paragraph of subsection (c) of said section 8 of chapter 12C, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:-

In analyzing and publishing acute hospital financial information, the center shall take into account the overall financial condition of the health system of which the acute care hospital is a part.