Bill Text: IL SB0168 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Enrolled
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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
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
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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 adding Section 8.9 as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 3960/8.9 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 8.9. Re-establishing discontinued general acute care | ||||||
8 | hospital. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the | ||||||
9 | contrary, a party seeking to re-establish a previously | ||||||
10 | discontinued general acute care hospital under this Act shall | ||||||
11 | be authorized to file a certificate of exemption under the Act | ||||||
12 | if the following conditions are met: | ||||||
13 | (1) the previously discontinued general acute care | ||||||
14 | hospital was a safety net hospital, as defined pursuant to | ||||||
15 | Section 5-5e.1 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, at the | ||||||
16 | time the Review Board approved the closure of the | ||||||
17 | previously discontinued general acute care hospital, or | ||||||
18 | had a Medicaid inpatient utilization rate in excess of 40% | ||||||
19 | as determined by the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
20 | Services in the last rate year prior to the time the Review | ||||||
21 | Board approved the closure of the previously discontinued | ||||||
22 | general acute care hospital; | ||||||
23 | (2) the previously discontinued general acute care |
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1 | hospital surrendered its general acute care hospital | ||||||
2 | license to the Department of Public Health between January | ||||||
3 | 1, 2019 and December 31, 2020; | ||||||
4 | (3) the certificate of exemption seeks to re-establish | ||||||
5 | the same number of total authorized beds as were | ||||||
6 | previously authorized by the Department of Public Health | ||||||
7 | at the previously discontinued general acute care | ||||||
8 | hospital; | ||||||
9 | (4) the party seeking to re-establish a previously | ||||||
10 | discontinued general acute care hospital commits to spend | ||||||
11 | at least $20,000,000 to re-establish the previously | ||||||
12 | discontinued general acute care hospital, which would | ||||||
13 | include the cost of land acquisition, building | ||||||
14 | acquisition, new construction, and new equipment; | ||||||
15 | (5) the party seeking to re-establish a previously | ||||||
16 | discontinued general acute care hospital will adopt and | ||||||
17 | maintain for at least a period of 2 years a charity care | ||||||
18 | policy that is no less restrictive than was in place at the | ||||||
19 | previously discontinued general acute care hospital; | ||||||
20 | (6) the party seeking to re-establish a previously | ||||||
21 | discontinued general acute care hospital will accept | ||||||
22 | Medicaid and Medicaid managed care patients; and | ||||||
23 | (7) the party seeking to re-establish a previously | ||||||
24 | discontinued general acute care hospital will agree to | ||||||
25 | maintain ownership of the re-established general acute | ||||||
26 | care hospital for no less than 5 years after the |
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1 | re-established general acute care hospital has been issued | ||||||
2 | a new general acute care hospital license from the | ||||||
3 | Department of Public Health.
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4 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
5 | becoming law.
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