Bill Text: IL HB4431 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Provides a fine for a permit or exemption holder who fails to comply with specified requirements of the Illinois Administrative Code. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4431 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB4431-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 14.1 as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 3960/14.1)
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7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2029) | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 14.1. Denial of permit; other sanctions. | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) The State Board may deny an application for a permit or | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | may revoke or
take other action as permitted by this Act with | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | regard to a permit as the State
Board deems appropriate, | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | including the imposition of fines as set forth in this
Section, | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | for any one or a combination of the following: | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | (1) The acquisition of major medical equipment without | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | a permit or in
violation of the terms of a permit. | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | (2) The establishment, construction, modification, or | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | change of ownership of a health care
facility without a | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | permit or exemption or in violation of the terms of a | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | permit. | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | (3) The violation of any provision of this Act or any | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | rule adopted
under this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | (4) The failure, by any person subject to this Act, to | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | provide information
requested by the State Board or Agency |
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1 | within 30 days after a formal written
request for the | ||||||
2 | information. | ||||||
3 | (5) The failure to pay any fine imposed under this | ||||||
4 | Section within 30 days
of its imposition. | ||||||
5 | (a-5) For facilities licensed under the ID/DD Community | ||||||
6 | Care Act, no permit shall be denied on the basis of prior | ||||||
7 | operator history, other than for actions specified under item | ||||||
8 | (2), (4), or (5) of Section 3-117 of the ID/DD Community Care | ||||||
9 | Act. For facilities licensed under the MC/DD Act, no permit | ||||||
10 | shall be denied on the basis of prior operator history, other | ||||||
11 | than for actions specified under item (2), (4), or (5) of | ||||||
12 | Section 3-117 of the MC/DD Act. For facilities licensed under | ||||||
13 | the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, no | ||||||
14 | permit shall be denied on the basis of prior operator history, | ||||||
15 | other than for actions specified under subsections (a) and (b) | ||||||
16 | of Section 4-109 of the Specialized Mental Health | ||||||
17 | Rehabilitation Act of 2013. For facilities licensed under the | ||||||
18 | Nursing Home Care Act, no permit shall be denied on the basis | ||||||
19 | of prior operator history, other than for: (i) actions | ||||||
20 | specified under item (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) of Section | ||||||
21 | 3-117 of the Nursing Home Care Act; (ii) actions specified | ||||||
22 | under item (a)(6) of Section 3-119 of the Nursing Home Care | ||||||
23 | Act; or (iii) actions within the preceding 5 years constituting | ||||||
24 | a substantial and repeated failure to comply with the Nursing | ||||||
25 | Home Care Act or the rules and regulations adopted by the | ||||||
26 | Department under that Act. The State Board shall not deny a |
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1 | permit on account of any action described in this subsection | ||||||
2 | (a-5) without also considering all such actions in the light of | ||||||
3 | all relevant information available to the State Board, | ||||||
4 | including whether the permit is sought to substantially comply | ||||||
5 | with a mandatory or voluntary plan of correction associated | ||||||
6 | with any action described in this subsection (a-5).
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7 | (b) Persons shall be subject to fines as follows: | ||||||
8 | (1) A permit holder who fails to comply with the | ||||||
9 | requirements of
maintaining a valid permit shall be fined | ||||||
10 | an amount not to exceed 1% of the
approved permit amount | ||||||
11 | plus an additional 1% of the approved permit amount for
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12 | each 30-day period, or fraction thereof, that the violation | ||||||
13 | continues. | ||||||
14 | (2) A permit holder who alters the scope of an approved | ||||||
15 | project or whose
project costs exceed the allowable permit | ||||||
16 | amount without first obtaining
approval from the State | ||||||
17 | Board shall be fined an amount not to exceed the sum of
(i) | ||||||
18 | the lesser of $25,000 or 2% of the approved permit amount | ||||||
19 | and (ii) in those
cases where the approved permit amount is | ||||||
20 | exceeded by more than $1,000,000, an
additional $20,000 for | ||||||
21 | each $1,000,000, or fraction thereof, in excess of the
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22 | approved permit amount. | ||||||
23 | (2.5) A permit or exemption holder who fails to comply | ||||||
24 | with the post-permit and reporting requirements set forth | ||||||
25 | in Sections 5 and 8.5 of this Act, or as set forth in | ||||||
26 | Section 1130.570 of Title 77 of the Illinois Administrative |
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1 | Code, shall be fined an amount not to exceed $10,000 plus | ||||||
2 | an additional $10,000 for each 30-day period, or fraction | ||||||
3 | thereof, that the violation continues. The accrued fine is | ||||||
4 | not waived by the permit or exemption holder submitting the | ||||||
5 | required information and reports. Prior to any fine | ||||||
6 | beginning to accrue, the Board shall
notify, in writing, a | ||||||
7 | permit or exemption holder of the due date
for the | ||||||
8 | post-permit and reporting requirements no later than 30 | ||||||
9 | days
before the due date for the requirements. The | ||||||
10 | exemption letter shall serve as the notice for exemptions. | ||||||
11 | (3) A person who acquires major medical equipment or | ||||||
12 | who establishes a
category of service without first | ||||||
13 | obtaining a permit or exemption, as the case
may be, shall | ||||||
14 | be fined an amount not to exceed $10,000 for each such
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15 | acquisition or category of service established plus an | ||||||
16 | additional $10,000 for
each 30-day period, or fraction | ||||||
17 | thereof, that the violation continues. | ||||||
18 | (4) A person who constructs, modifies, establishes, or | ||||||
19 | changes ownership of a health care
facility without first | ||||||
20 | obtaining a permit or exemption shall be fined an amount | ||||||
21 | not to
exceed $25,000 plus an additional $25,000 for each | ||||||
22 | 30-day period, or fraction
thereof, that the violation | ||||||
23 | continues. | ||||||
24 | (5) A person who discontinues a health care facility or | ||||||
25 | a category of
service without first obtaining a permit or | ||||||
26 | exemption shall be fined an amount not to exceed
$10,000 |
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1 | plus an additional $10,000 for each 30-day period, or | ||||||
2 | fraction thereof,
that the violation continues. For | ||||||
3 | purposes of this subparagraph (5), facilities licensed | ||||||
4 | under the Nursing Home Care Act, the ID/DD Community Care | ||||||
5 | Act, or the MC/DD Act, with the exceptions of facilities | ||||||
6 | operated by a county or Illinois Veterans Homes, are exempt | ||||||
7 | from this permit requirement. However, facilities licensed | ||||||
8 | under the Nursing Home Care Act, the ID/DD Community Care | ||||||
9 | Act, or the MC/DD Act must comply with Section 3-423 of the | ||||||
10 | Nursing Home Care Act, Section 3-423 of the ID/DD Community | ||||||
11 | Care Act, or Section 3-423 of the MC/DD Act and must | ||||||
12 | provide the Board and the Department of Human Services with | ||||||
13 | 30 days' written notice of their intent to close.
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14 | Facilities licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act or | ||||||
15 | the MC/DD Act also must provide the Board and the | ||||||
16 | Department of Human Services with 30 days' written notice | ||||||
17 | of their intent to reduce the number of beds for a | ||||||
18 | facility. | ||||||
19 | (6) A person subject to this Act who fails to provide | ||||||
20 | information
requested by the State Board or Agency within | ||||||
21 | 30 days of a formal written
request shall be fined an | ||||||
22 | amount not to exceed $1,000 plus an additional $1,000
for | ||||||
23 | each 30-day period, or fraction thereof, that the | ||||||
24 | information is not
received by the State Board or Agency. | ||||||
25 | (b-5) The State Board may accept in-kind services or | ||||||
26 | donations instead of or in combination with the imposition of a |
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1 | fine. This authorization is limited to cases where the | ||||||
2 | non-compliant individual or entity has waived the right to an | ||||||
3 | administrative hearing or opportunity to appear before the | ||||||
4 | Board regarding the non-compliant matter. | ||||||
5 | (c) Before imposing any fine authorized under this Section, | ||||||
6 | the State Board
shall afford the person or permit holder, as | ||||||
7 | the case may be, an appearance
before the State Board and an | ||||||
8 | opportunity for a hearing before a hearing
officer appointed by | ||||||
9 | the State Board. The hearing shall be conducted in
accordance | ||||||
10 | with Section 10. Requests for an appearance before the State | ||||||
11 | Board must be made within 30 days after receiving notice that a | ||||||
12 | fine will be imposed. | ||||||
13 | (d) All fines collected under this Act shall be transmitted | ||||||
14 | to the State
Treasurer, who shall deposit them into the | ||||||
15 | Illinois Health Facilities Planning
Fund. | ||||||
16 | (e) Fines imposed under this Section shall continue to | ||||||
17 | accrue until: (i) the date that the matter is referred by the | ||||||
18 | State Board to the Board's legal counsel; or (ii) the date that | ||||||
19 | the health care facility becomes compliant with the Act, | ||||||
20 | whichever is earlier. | ||||||
21 | (Source: P.A. 99-114, eff. 7-23-15; 99-180, eff. 7-29-15; | ||||||
22 | 99-527, eff. 1-1-17; 99-642, eff. 6-28-16; 100-681, eff. | ||||||
23 | 8-3-18 .)
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24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
25 | becoming law.
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