Bill Text: IL HB1721 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-12-29 - Assigned to Public Health [HB1721 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB1721-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding | ||||||
5 | Section 4.7 as follows:
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6 | (210 ILCS 85/4.7 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 4.7. Additional licensing requirements. | ||||||
8 | (a) A hospital located in a county with fewer than 325,000 | ||||||
9 | inhabitants may apply to the Department for approval to conduct | ||||||
10 | its operations from more than one location within the county | ||||||
11 | under a single license at a separate building or facility | ||||||
12 | already licensed as a hospital. The operations shall be limited | ||||||
13 | to psychiatric services. The host hospital shall house the | ||||||
14 | licensee. The licensee's application shall be supported by | ||||||
15 | information that its operations at the host hospital will | ||||||
16 | provide access to necessary services for the region that the | ||||||
17 | host hospital does not provide. The services proposed by the | ||||||
18 | licensee at the host hospital shall not consist of emergency | ||||||
19 | services. | ||||||
20 | (b) The portion of the facilities or buildings operated by | ||||||
21 | the licensee at the host hospital shall be leased in part and | ||||||
22 | operated by a single corporation or other legal entity serving | ||||||
23 | as the licensee and shall have a single: |
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1 | (1) board of directors with the responsibility for | ||||||
2 | governance, including financial oversight and authority to | ||||||
3 | designate or remove the chief executive officer; | ||||||
4 | (2) medical staff accountable to the board of directors | ||||||
5 | of the licensee and governed by a single set of medical | ||||||
6 | staff bylaws and associated rules and regulation of the | ||||||
7 | licensee, with responsibility for the quality of the | ||||||
8 | medical services provided by the licensee at the host | ||||||
9 | hospital side; and | ||||||
10 | (3) chief executive officer, accountable to the board | ||||||
11 | of directors of the licensee, with management | ||||||
12 | responsibility for the licensee's operations at the host | ||||||
13 | hospital site. | ||||||
14 | The host hospital and licensee shall be jointly responsible | ||||||
15 | for hospital licensing requirements relating to design and | ||||||
16 | construction, engineering and maintenance of the physical | ||||||
17 | plan, waste disposal, and fire safety. | ||||||
18 | (c) The licensee and host hospital shall notify the public | ||||||
19 | and patients through general signage and written notification | ||||||
20 | provided upon admission that services are provided at the host | ||||||
21 | hospital site by 2 separately licensed hospitals. The signage | ||||||
22 | shall specify which services are provided by the host hospital | ||||||
23 | or the licensee or both. | ||||||
24 | (d) One emergency department shall serve the host hospital. | ||||||
25 | Patients shall be notified that emergency services are provided | ||||||
26 | by the host hospital. Those patients that require admission |
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1 | from the emergency department to a service that is operated by | ||||||
2 | the licensee shall be admitted according to the Emergency | ||||||
3 | Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act regulations and | ||||||
4 | transferred to the licensee. The admission, registration, and | ||||||
5 | consent form documents shall be specific to the licensee. | ||||||
6 | (e) The licensee and host hospital shall submit to the | ||||||
7 | Department a comprehensive plan describing the services and | ||||||
8 | operations of each facility or building and between the | ||||||
9 | licensee and host hospital, and how common services or | ||||||
10 | operations will be coordinated between the various locations. | ||||||
11 | Nothing in this Section relieves a hospital from the | ||||||
12 | requirements in the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act.
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