French Public Health Code
In forceI.-At the end of the call for applications procedure, the Agence technique de l'information sur l'hospitalisation will analyse the sample of establishments selected in application of article R. 6113-56, in order to verify that it is representative in terms of:
1° The distribution of health care establishments by category of establishment within the meaning ofarticle L. 162-22-6 of the Social Security Code and Articles L. 6141-2, L. 6111-3-1 and R. 6141-16 of this Code;
2° The distribution of health care institutions according to their size and activity, characterised, on the one hand, by volume and, on the other hand, by specialisation within the meaning of the classifications mentioned in 1° of Articles L. 162-22-1 and L. 162-22-6 of the Social Security Code.
II - If, following the analysis referred to in I, the sample of facilities selected proves to be insufficiently representative to guarantee the reliability of the national cost study, the Agency will designate one or more additional healthcare facilities whose characteristics make it possible to improve this reliability, with regard to the criteria referred to in I.
This designation is notified to each establishment by any means capable of providing a date certain.
The designated establishment has a period of one month from the date on which it is notified of the Agency's decision to return the questionnaire mentioned in 5° of article R. 6113-55, duly completed.
The Agency's decision confirming the selection of the additional establishment is subject to the provisions of article R. 6113-56.
III - If the duly completed questionnaire referred to in the third paragraph of II is not sent within the time limit set in the same paragraph, the Agence Technique de l'Information sur l'Hospitalisation (ATIH) will send the establishment, by any means that provides a date certain, a formal notice stating the penalty it is liable to incur and informing it that it has fifteen days from receipt to send the duly completed questionnaire or, if it refuses to do so, to submit its written observations.
Once this period has elapsed, the Agence Technique de l'Information sur l'Hospitalisation (ATIH) refers the matter to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency with a view to implementing the penalty provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 6113-12. The Director General of the Regional Health Agency may order the institution to pay a penalty to the fund referred to in Articles L. 174-2 and L. 174-18 of the Social Security Code, the amount of which may not exceed that set in the last paragraph of Article L. 6113-12.
The establishment has one month from notification of the decision mentioned in the previous paragraph to pay the sum.
