Bill Text: IL HB2368 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that, on or after July 1, 2020, any hospital system consisting of 3 or more hospitals with combined revenues that exceed $500,000,000 that closes a hospital that serves an impoverished area shall repay the specified hospital access payments received by the closing hospital in the 24 months prior to closing. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall determine the amount to be repaid and send a notice to the closing hospital within 14 days after notification of closing to the Department. Requires that the funds be divided evenly and paid to the other safety net hospitals in the closing hospital's 15-mile radius by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and used by the remaining safety net hospitals to assist in maintaining the local area health care needs. Defines "impoverished area". Provides for repeal of the provisions on January 1, 2022. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2368 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB2368-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB2368 Introduced , by Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
210 ILCS 85/6.28 new
Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that, on or after July 1, 2020, any hospital system consisting of 3 or more hospitals with combined revenues that exceed $500,000,000 that closes a hospital that serves an impoverished area shall repay the specified hospital access payments received by the closing hospital in the 24 months prior to closing. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall determine the amount to be repaid and send a notice to the closing hospital within 14 days after notification of closing to the Department. Requires that the funds be divided evenly and paid to the other safety net hospitals in the closing hospital's 15-mile radius by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and used by the remaining safety net hospitals to assist in maintaining the local area health care needs. Defines "impoverished area". Provides for repeal of the provisions on January 1, 2022. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding
Section 6.28 as follows:
(210 ILCS 85/6.28 new)
Sec. 6.28. Hospital closure; impoverished areas.
(a) In this Section, "impoverished area" means a community
that contains one or more zip codes wherein 20% or more of the
residents fall below the federal poverty level as determined
by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the
authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902(2).
(b) On or after July 1, 2020, any hospital system
consisting of 3 or more hospitals with combined revenues that
exceed $500,000,000 that closes a hospital that serves an
impoverished area shall repay the hospital access payments
received by the closing hospital pursuant to Section 5A-12.6
(now repealed) or Section 5A-12.7 of the Public Aid Code in the
24 months prior to closing. The Department shall determine the
amount to be repaid and send a notice to the closing hospital
within 14 days after notification of closing to the
Department. The funds shall be divided evenly and paid to the
other safety net hospitals in the closing hospital's 15-mile

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radius by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
These funds shall be used by the remaining safety net
hospitals to assist in maintaining the local area health care
needs.
(b) This Section is repealed on December 31, 2021.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.