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

NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft

---

Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Provides that a party seeking to re-establish a previously discontinued general acute care hospital under the Act shall be authorized to file a certificate of exemption for purposes of re-establishing the hospital. Specifies the conditions that must be met in filing a certificate of exemption to re-establish a general acute care hospital. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-1)

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

Download: Illinois-2021-SB0168-Enrolled.html

---

SB0168 Enrolled LRB102 10144 RJF 15466 b
AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
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
previously discontinued general acute care hospital, or
had a Medicaid inpatient utilization rate in excess of 40%
as determined by the Department of Healthcare and Family
Services in the last rate year prior to the time the Review
Board approved the closure of the previously discontinued
general acute care hospital;
(2) the previously discontinued general acute care

SB0168 Enrolled - 2 - LRB102 10144 RJF 15466 b
hospital surrendered its general acute care 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 authorized beds as were
previously authorized 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
care hospital for no less than 5 years after the

SB0168 Enrolled - 3 - LRB102 10144 RJF 15466 b
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.