Bill Text: IL HB4109 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. For provisions concerning hospital stroke care, defines "stroke" as brain, spinal cord, or retinal cell death attributable to ischemic or hemorrhagic infarction that is consistent with the most current nationally-recognized, evidence-based stroke definitions. Provides that the Department of Public Health's certification criteria for Primary Stroke Centers shall be consistent with the most current nationally-recognized, evidence-based stroke guidelines that include the use of thrombolytic therapy and anticoagulation reversal medications to reduce (rather than the most current nationally-recognized, evidence-based stroke guidelines related to reducing) the occurrence, disabilities, and death associated with ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke (rather than associated with stroke). Makes similar changes to provisions concerning the criteria for Comprehensive Stroke Centers. Provides that the criteria for the Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital designation of hospitals shall include the ability of a hospital to create written acute care protocols related to emergent ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke care (rather than emergent stroke care) and administer thrombolytic therapy and anticoagulation reversal medications (rather than administer thrombolytic therapy). Provides that the Department shall maintain an educational reference on the Department's website with the most current nationally-recognized and evidence-based guidelines for the management of hemorrhagic stroke and anticoagulation reversal.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4109 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB4109-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB4109 Introduced , by Rep. Robyn Gabel SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
210 ILCS 50/3.116
210 ILCS 50/3.117
210 ILCS 50/3.118
Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. For provisions concerning hospital stroke care, defines "stroke" as brain, spinal cord, or retinal cell death attributable to ischemic or hemorrhagic infarction that is consistent with the most current nationally-recognized, evidence-based stroke definitions. Provides that the Department of Public Health's certification criteria for Primary Stroke Centers shall be consistent with the most current nationally-recognized, evidence-based stroke guidelines that include the use of thrombolytic therapy and anticoagulation reversal medications to reduce (rather than the most current nationally-recognized, evidence-based stroke guidelines related to reducing) the occurrence, disabilities, and death associated with ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke (rather than associated with stroke). Makes similar changes to provisions concerning the criteria for Comprehensive Stroke Centers. Provides that the criteria for the Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital designation of hospitals shall include the ability of a hospital to create written acute care protocols related to emergent ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke care (rather than emergent stroke care) and administer thrombolytic therapy and anticoagulation reversal medications (rather than administer thrombolytic therapy). Provides that the Department shall maintain an educational reference on the Department's website with the most current nationally-recognized and evidence-based guidelines for the management of hemorrhagic stroke and anticoagulation reversal.
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A BILL FOR
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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 Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act
is amended by changing Sections 3.116, 3.117, and 3.118 as
follows:
(210 ILCS 50/3.116)
Sec. 3.116. Hospital Stroke Care; definitions. As used in
Sections 3.116 through 3.119, 3.130, 3.200, and 3.226 of this
Act:
"Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital" means a hospital that has
been designated by the Department as meeting the criteria for
providing emergent stroke care. Designation may be provided
after a hospital has been certified or through application and
designation as such.
"Certification" or "certified" means certification, using
evidence-based standards, from a nationally-recognized
certifying body approved by the Department.
"Comprehensive Stroke Center" means a hospital that has
been certified and has been designated as such.
"Designation" or "designated" means the Department's
recognition of a hospital as a Comprehensive Stroke Center,
Primary Stroke Center, or Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital.

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"Emergent stroke care" is emergency medical care that
includes diagnosis and emergency medical treatment of acute
stroke patients.
"Emergent Stroke Ready Hospital" means a hospital that has
been designated by the Department as meeting the criteria for
providing emergent stroke care.
"Primary Stroke Center" means a hospital that has been
certified by a Department-approved, nationally-recognized
certifying body and designated as such by the Department.
"Regional Stroke Advisory Subcommittee" means a
subcommittee formed within each Regional EMS Advisory
Committee to advise the Director and the Region's EMS Medical
Directors Committee on the triage, treatment, and transport of
possible acute stroke patients and to select the Region's
representative to the State Stroke Advisory Subcommittee. At
minimum, the Regional Stroke Advisory Subcommittee shall
consist of: one representative from the EMS Medical Directors
Committee; one EMS coordinator from a Resource Hospital; one
administrative representative or his or her designee from each
level of stroke care, including Comprehensive Stroke Centers
within the Region, if any, Primary Stroke Centers within the
Region, if any, and Acute Stroke-Ready Hospitals within the
Region, if any; one physician from each level of stroke care,
including one physician who is a neurologist or who provides
advanced stroke care at a Comprehensive Stroke Center in the
Region, if any, one physician who is a neurologist or who

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provides acute stroke care at a Primary Stroke Center in the
Region, if any, and one physician who provides acute stroke
care at an Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital in the Region, if any;
one nurse practicing in each level of stroke care, including
one nurse from a Comprehensive Stroke Center in the Region, if
any, one nurse from a Primary Stroke Center in the Region, if
any, and one nurse from an Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital in the
Region, if any; one representative from both a public and a
private vehicle service provider that transports possible
acute stroke patients within the Region; the State-designated
regional EMS Coordinator; and a fire chief or his or her
designee from the EMS Region, if the Region serves a population
of more than 2,000,000. The Regional Stroke Advisory
Subcommittee shall establish bylaws to ensure equal membership
that rotates and clearly delineates committee responsibilities
and structure. Of the members first appointed, one-third shall
be appointed for a term of one year, one-third shall be
appointed for a term of 2 years, and the remaining members
shall be appointed for a term of 3 years. The terms of
subsequent appointees shall be 3 years.
"State Stroke Advisory Subcommittee" means a standing
advisory body within the State Emergency Medical Services
Advisory Council.
"Stroke" means brain, spinal cord, or retinal cell death
attributable to ischemic or hemorrhagic infarction that is
consistent with the most current nationally-recognized,

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evidence-based stroke definitions.
(Source: P.A. 98-1001, eff. 1-1-15.)
(210 ILCS 50/3.117)
Sec. 3.117. Hospital Designations.
(a) The Department shall attempt to designate Primary
Stroke Centers in all areas of the State.
(1) The Department shall designate as many certified
Primary Stroke Centers as apply for that designation
provided they are certified by a nationally-recognized
certifying body, approved by the Department, and
certification criteria are consistent with the most
current nationally-recognized, evidence-based stroke
guidelines, including the use of thrombolytic therapy and
anticoagulation reversal medications related to reduce
reducing the occurrence, disabilities, and death
associated with ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke.
(2) A hospital certified as a Primary Stroke Center by
a nationally-recognized certifying body approved by the
Department, shall send a copy of the Certificate and annual
fee to the Department and shall be deemed, within 30
business days of its receipt by the Department, to be a
State-designated Primary Stroke Center.
(3) A center designated as a Primary Stroke Center
shall pay an annual fee as determined by the Department
that shall be no less than $100 and no greater than $500.

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All fees shall be deposited into the Stroke Data Collection
Fund.
(3.5) With respect to a hospital that is a designated
Primary Stroke Center, the Department shall have the
authority and responsibility to do the following:
(A) Suspend or revoke a hospital's Primary Stroke
Center designation upon receiving notice that the
hospital's Primary Stroke Center certification has
lapsed or has been revoked by the State recognized
certifying body.
(B) Suspend a hospital's Primary Stroke Center
designation, in extreme circumstances where patients
may be at risk for immediate harm or death, until such
time as the certifying body investigates and makes a
final determination regarding certification.
(C) Restore any previously suspended or revoked
Department designation upon notice to the Department
that the certifying body has confirmed or restored the
Primary Stroke Center certification of that previously
designated hospital.
(D) Suspend a hospital's Primary Stroke Center
designation at the request of a hospital seeking to
suspend its own Department designation.
(4) Primary Stroke Center designation shall remain
valid at all times while the hospital maintains its
certification as a Primary Stroke Center, in good standing,

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with the certifying body. The duration of a Primary Stroke
Center designation shall coincide with the duration of its
Primary Stroke Center certification. Each designated
Primary Stroke Center shall have its designation
automatically renewed upon the Department's receipt of a
copy of the accrediting body's certification renewal.
(5) A hospital that no longer meets
nationally-recognized, evidence-based standards for
Primary Stroke Centers, or loses its Primary Stroke Center
certification, shall notify the Department and the
Regional EMS Advisory Committee within 5 business days.
(a-5) The Department shall attempt to designate
Comprehensive Stroke Centers in all areas of the State.
(1) The Department shall designate as many certified
Comprehensive Stroke Centers as apply for that
designation, provided that the Comprehensive Stroke
Centers are certified by a nationally-recognized
certifying body approved by the Department, and provided
that the certifying body's certification criteria are
consistent with the most current nationally-recognized and
evidence-based stroke guidelines, including the use of
thrombolytic therapy and anticoagulation reversal
medications to reduce for reducing the occurrence of
ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke and the disabilities and
death associated with ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke.
(2) A hospital certified as a Comprehensive Stroke

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Center shall send a copy of the Certificate and annual fee
to the Department and shall be deemed, within 30 business
days of its receipt by the Department, to be a
State-designated Comprehensive Stroke Center.
(3) A hospital designated as a Comprehensive Stroke
Center shall pay an annual fee as determined by the
Department that shall be no less than $100 and no greater
than $500. All fees shall be deposited into the Stroke Data
Collection Fund.
(4) With respect to a hospital that is a designated
Comprehensive Stroke Center, the Department shall have the
authority and responsibility to do the following:
(A) Suspend or revoke the hospital's Comprehensive
Stroke Center designation upon receiving notice that
the hospital's Comprehensive Stroke Center
certification has lapsed or has been revoked by the
State recognized certifying body.
(B) Suspend the hospital's Comprehensive Stroke
Center designation, in extreme circumstances in which
patients may be at risk for immediate harm or death,
until such time as the certifying body investigates and
makes a final determination regarding certification.
(C) Restore any previously suspended or revoked
Department designation upon notice to the Department
that the certifying body has confirmed or restored the
Comprehensive Stroke Center certification of that

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previously designated hospital.
(D) Suspend the hospital's Comprehensive Stroke
Center designation at the request of a hospital seeking
to suspend its own Department designation.
(5) Comprehensive Stroke Center designation shall
remain valid at all times while the hospital maintains its
certification as a Comprehensive Stroke Center, in good
standing, with the certifying body. The duration of a
Comprehensive Stroke Center designation shall coincide
with the duration of its Comprehensive Stroke Center
certification. Each designated Comprehensive Stroke Center
shall have its designation automatically renewed upon the
Department's receipt of a copy of the certifying body's
certification renewal.
(6) A hospital that no longer meets
nationally-recognized, evidence-based standards for
Comprehensive Stroke Centers, or loses its Comprehensive
Stroke Center certification, shall notify the Department
and the Regional EMS Advisory Committee within 5 business
days.
(b) Beginning on the first day of the month that begins 12
months after the adoption of rules authorized by this
subsection, the Department shall attempt to designate
hospitals as Acute Stroke-Ready Hospitals in all areas of the
State. Designation may be approved by the Department after a
hospital has been certified as an Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital

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or through application and designation by the Department. For
any hospital that is designated as an Emergent Stroke Ready
Hospital at the time that the Department begins the designation
of Acute Stroke-Ready Hospitals, the Emergent Stroke Ready
designation shall remain intact for the duration of the
12-month period until that designation expires. Until the
Department begins the designation of hospitals as Acute
Stroke-Ready Hospitals, hospitals may achieve Emergent Stroke
Ready Hospital designation utilizing the processes and
criteria provided in Public Act 96-514.
(1) (Blank).
(2) Hospitals may apply for, and receive, Acute
Stroke-Ready Hospital designation from the Department,
provided that the hospital attests, on a form developed by
the Department in consultation with the State Stroke
Advisory Subcommittee, that it meets, and will continue to
meet, the criteria for Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital
designation and pays an annual fee.
A hospital designated as an Acute Stroke-Ready
Hospital shall pay an annual fee as determined by the
Department that shall be no less than $100 and no greater
than $500. All fees shall be deposited into the Stroke Data
Collection Fund.
(2.5) A hospital may apply for, and receive, Acute
Stroke-Ready Hospital designation from the Department,
provided that the hospital provides proof of current Acute

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Stroke-Ready Hospital certification and the hospital pays
an annual fee.
(A) Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital designation shall
remain valid at all times while the hospital maintains
its certification as an Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital,
in good standing, with the certifying body.
(B) The duration of an Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital
designation shall coincide with the duration of its
Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital certification.
(C) Each designated Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital
shall have its designation automatically renewed upon
the Department's receipt of a copy of the certifying
body's certification renewal and Application for
Stroke Center Designation form.
(D) A hospital must submit a copy of its
certification renewal from the certifying body as soon
as practical but no later than 30 business days after
that certification is received by the hospital. Upon
the Department's receipt of the renewal certification,
the Department shall renew the hospital's Acute
Stroke-Ready Hospital designation.
(E) A hospital designated as an Acute Stroke-Ready
Hospital shall pay an annual fee as determined by the
Department that shall be no less than $100 and no
greater than $500. All fees shall be deposited into the
Stroke Data Collection Fund.

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(3) Hospitals seeking Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital
designation that do not have certification shall develop
policies and procedures that are consistent with
nationally-recognized, evidence-based protocols for the
provision of emergent stroke care. Hospital policies
relating to emergent stroke care and stroke patient
outcomes shall be reviewed at least annually, or more often
as needed, by a hospital committee that oversees quality
improvement. Adjustments shall be made as necessary to
advance the quality of stroke care delivered. Criteria for
Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital designation of hospitals shall
be limited to the ability of a hospital to:
(A) create written acute care protocols related to
emergent ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke care;
(A-5) participate in the data collection system
provided in Section 3.118, if available;
(B) maintain a written transfer agreement with one
or more hospitals that have neurosurgical expertise;
(C) designate a Clinical Director of Stroke Care
who shall be a clinical member of the hospital staff
with training or experience, as defined by the
facility, in the care of patients with cerebrovascular
disease. This training or experience may include, but
is not limited to, completion of a fellowship or other
specialized training in the area of cerebrovascular
disease, attendance at national courses, or prior

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experience in neuroscience intensive care units. The
Clinical Director of Stroke Care may be a neurologist,
neurosurgeon, emergency medicine physician, internist,
radiologist, advanced practice nurse, or physician's
assistant;
(C-5) provide rapid access to an acute stroke team,
as defined by the facility, that considers and reflects
nationally-recognized, evidenced-based protocols or
guidelines;
(D) administer thrombolytic therapy and
anticoagulation reversal medications, or subsequently
developed medical therapies that meet
nationally-recognized, evidence-based stroke
guidelines;
(E) conduct brain image tests at all times;
(F) conduct blood coagulation studies at all
times;
(G) maintain a log of stroke patients, which shall
be available for review upon request by the Department
or any hospital that has a written transfer agreement
with the Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital;
(H) admit stroke patients to a unit that can
provide appropriate care that considers and reflects
nationally-recognized, evidence-based protocols or
guidelines or transfer stroke patients to an Acute
Stroke-Ready Hospital, Primary Stroke Center, or

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Comprehensive Stroke Center, or another facility that
can provide the appropriate care that considers and
reflects nationally-recognized, evidence-based
protocols or guidelines; and
(I) demonstrate compliance with
nationally-recognized quality indicators.
(4) With respect to Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital
designation, the Department shall have the authority and
responsibility to do the following:
(A) Require hospitals applying for Acute
Stroke-Ready Hospital designation to attest, on a form
developed by the Department in consultation with the
State Stroke Advisory Subcommittee, that the hospital
meets, and will continue to meet, the criteria for an
Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital.
(A-5) Require hospitals applying for Acute
Stroke-Ready Hospital designation via national Acute
Stroke-Ready Hospital certification to provide proof
of current Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital certification,
in good standing.
The Department shall require a hospital that is
already certified as an Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital to
send a copy of the Certificate to the Department.
Within 30 business days of the Department's
receipt of a hospital's Acute Stroke-Ready Certificate
and Application for Stroke Center Designation form

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that indicates that the hospital is a certified Acute
Stroke-Ready Hospital, in good standing, the hospital
shall be deemed a State-designated Acute Stroke-Ready
Hospital. The Department shall send a designation
notice to each hospital that it designates as an Acute
Stroke-Ready Hospital and shall add the names of
designated Acute Stroke-Ready Hospitals to the website
listing immediately upon designation. The Department
shall immediately remove the name of a hospital from
the website listing when a hospital loses its
designation after notice and, if requested by the
hospital, a hearing.
The Department shall develop an Application for
Stroke Center Designation form that contains a
statement that "The above named facility meets the
requirements for Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital
Designation as provided in Section 3.117 of the
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act" and
shall instruct the applicant facility to provide: the
hospital name and address; the hospital CEO or
Administrator's typed name and signature; the hospital
Clinical Director of Stroke Care's typed name and
signature; and a contact person's typed name, email
address, and phone number.
The Application for Stroke Center Designation form
shall contain a statement that instructs the hospital

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to "Provide proof of current Acute Stroke-Ready
Hospital certification from a nationally-recognized
certifying body approved by the Department".
(B) Designate a hospital as an Acute Stroke-Ready
Hospital no more than 30 business days after receipt of
an attestation that meets the requirements for
attestation, unless the Department, within 30 days of
receipt of the attestation, chooses to conduct an
onsite survey prior to designation. If the Department
chooses to conduct an onsite survey prior to
designation, then the onsite survey shall be conducted
within 90 days of receipt of the attestation.
(C) Require annual written attestation, on a form
developed by the Department in consultation with the
State Stroke Advisory Subcommittee, by Acute
Stroke-Ready Hospitals to indicate compliance with
Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital criteria, as described in
this Section, and automatically renew Acute
Stroke-Ready Hospital designation of the hospital.
(D) Issue an Emergency Suspension of Acute
Stroke-Ready Hospital designation when the Director,
or his or her designee, has determined that the
hospital no longer meets the Acute Stroke-Ready
Hospital criteria and an immediate and serious danger
to the public health, safety, and welfare exists. If
the Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital fails to eliminate the

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violation immediately or within a fixed period of time,
not exceeding 10 days, as determined by the Director,
the Director may immediately revoke the Acute
Stroke-Ready Hospital designation. The Acute
Stroke-Ready Hospital may appeal the revocation within
15 business days after receiving the Director's
revocation order, by requesting an administrative
hearing.
(E) After notice and an opportunity for an
administrative hearing, suspend, revoke, or refuse to
renew an Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital designation, when
the Department finds the hospital is not in substantial
compliance with current Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital
criteria.
(c) The Department shall consult with the State Stroke
Advisory Subcommittee for developing the designation,
re-designation, and de-designation processes for Comprehensive
Stroke Centers, Primary Stroke Centers, and Acute Stroke-Ready
Hospitals.
(d) The Department shall consult with the State Stroke
Advisory Subcommittee as subject matter experts at least
annually regarding stroke standards of care.
(Source: P.A. 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 98-1001, eff. 1-1-15.)
(210 ILCS 50/3.118)
Sec. 3.118. Reporting.

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(a) The Director shall, not later than July 1, 2012,
prepare and submit to the Governor and the General Assembly a
report indicating the total number of hospitals that have
applied for grants, the project for which the application was
submitted, the number of those applicants that have been found
eligible for the grants, the total number of grants awarded,
the name and address of each grantee, and the amount of the
award issued to each grantee.
(b) By July 1, 2010, the Director shall send the list of
designated Comprehensive Stroke Centers, Primary Stroke
Centers, and Acute Stroke-Ready Hospitals to all Resource
Hospital EMS Medical Directors in this State and shall post a
list of designated Comprehensive Stroke Centers, Primary
Stroke Centers, and Acute Stroke-Ready Hospitals on the
Department's website, which shall be continuously updated.
(c) The Department shall add the names of designated
Comprehensive Stroke Centers, Primary Stroke Centers, and
Acute Stroke-Ready Hospitals to the website listing
immediately upon designation and shall immediately remove the
name when a hospital loses its designation after notice and a
hearing.
(c-5) The Department shall maintain an educational
reference on the Department's website with the most current
nationally-recognized and evidence-based guidelines for the
management of hemorrhagic stroke and anticoagulation reversal.
(d) Stroke data collection systems and all stroke-related

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data collected from hospitals shall comply with the following
requirements:
(1) The confidentiality of patient records shall be
maintained in accordance with State and federal laws.
(2) Hospital proprietary information and the names of
any hospital administrator, health care professional, or
employee shall not be subject to disclosure.
(3) Information submitted to the Department shall be
privileged and strictly confidential and shall be used only
for the evaluation and improvement of hospital stroke care.
Stroke data collected by the Department shall not be
directly available to the public and shall not be subject
to civil subpoena, nor discoverable or admissible in any
civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding against a
health care facility or health care professional.
(e) The Department may administer a data collection system
to collect data that is already reported by designated
Comprehensive Stroke Centers, Primary Stroke Centers, and
Acute Stroke-Ready Hospitals to their certifying body, to
fulfill certification requirements. Comprehensive Stroke
Centers, Primary Stroke Centers, and Acute Stroke-Ready
Hospitals may provide data used in submission to their
certifying body, to satisfy any Department reporting
requirements. The Department may require submission of data
elements in a format that is used State-wide. In the event the
Department establishes reporting requirements for designated

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Comprehensive Stroke Centers, Primary Stroke Centers, and
Acute Stroke-Ready Hospitals, the Department shall permit each
designated Comprehensive Stroke Center, Primary Stroke Center,
or Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital to capture information using
existing electronic reporting tools used for certification
purposes. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to empower
the Department to specify the form of internal recordkeeping.
Three years from the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 96th General Assembly, the Department may post stroke data
submitted by Comprehensive Stroke Centers, Primary Stroke
Centers, and Acute Stroke-Ready Hospitals on its website,
subject to the following:
(1) Data collection and analytical methodologies shall
be used that meet accepted standards of validity and
reliability before any information is made available to the
public.
(2) The limitations of the data sources and analytic
methodologies used to develop comparative hospital
information shall be clearly identified and acknowledged,
including, but not limited to, the appropriate and
inappropriate uses of the data.
(3) To the greatest extent possible, comparative
hospital information initiatives shall use standard-based
norms derived from widely accepted provider-developed
practice guidelines.
(4) Comparative hospital information and other

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information that the Department has compiled regarding
hospitals shall be shared with the hospitals under review
prior to public dissemination of the information.
Hospitals have 30 days to make corrections and to add
helpful explanatory comments about the information before
the publication.
(5) Comparisons among hospitals shall adjust for
patient case mix and other relevant risk factors and
control for provider peer groups, when appropriate.
(6) Effective safeguards to protect against the
unauthorized use or disclosure of hospital information
shall be developed and implemented.
(7) Effective safeguards to protect against the
dissemination of inconsistent, incomplete, invalid,
inaccurate, or subjective hospital data shall be developed
and implemented.
(8) The quality and accuracy of hospital information
reported under this Act and its data collection, analysis,
and dissemination methodologies shall be evaluated
regularly.
(9) None of the information the Department discloses to
the public under this Act may be used to establish a
standard of care in a private civil action.
(10) The Department shall disclose information under
this Section in accordance with provisions for inspection
and copying of public records required by the Freedom of

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Information Act, provided that the information satisfies
the provisions of this Section.
(11) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, under
no circumstances shall the Department disclose information
obtained from a hospital that is confidential under Part 21
of Article VIII of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(12) No hospital report or Department disclosure may
contain information identifying a patient, employee, or
licensed professional.
(Source: P.A. 98-1001, eff. 1-1-15.)