Bill Amendment: IL SB0168 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly

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Bill Title: GENERAL ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL

Status: 2021-04-06 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0003 [SB0168 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB0168-House_Amendment_001.html

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Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch

Filed: 3/15/2021

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 168
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 168 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act is
amended by adding Section 8.9 as follows:
(20 ILCS 3960/8.9 new)
Sec. 8.9. Re-establishing discontinued general acute care
hospital. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, a party seeking to re-establish a previously
discontinued general acute care hospital under this Act shall
be authorized to file a certificate of exemption under the Act
if the following conditions are met:
(1) the previously discontinued general acute care
hospital was a safety net hospital, as defined pursuant to
Section 5-5e.1 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, at the
time the Review Board approved the closure of the

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previously discontinued general acute care hospital;
(2) the previously discontinued general acute care
hospital surrendered its general acute hospital license to
the Department of Public Health between January 1, 2019
and December 31, 2020;
(3) the certificate of exemption seeks to re-establish
the same number of total licensed beds as were previously
licensed by the Department of Public Health at the
previously discontinued general acute care hospital;
(4) the party seeking to re-establish a previously
discontinued general acute care hospital commits to spend
at least $20,000,000 to re-establish the previously
discontinued general acute care hospital, which would
include the cost of land acquisition, building
acquisition, new construction, and new equipment;
(5) the party seeking to re-establish a previously
discontinued general acute care hospital will adopt and
maintain for at least a period of 2 years a charity care
policy that is no less restrictive than was in place at the
previously discontinued general acute care hospital;
(6) the party seeking to re-establish a previously
discontinued general acute care hospital will accept
Medicaid and Medicaid managed care patients; and
(7) the party seeking to re-establish a previously
discontinued general acute care hospital will agree to
maintain ownership of the re-established general acute

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care hospital for no less than 5 years after the
re-established general acute care hospital has been issued
a new general acute care hospital license from the
Department of Public Health.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.".