Bill Text: IL SB0168 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Chaptered
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-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 102-0003 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act is | ||||
amended by adding Section 8.9 as follows:
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(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 | ||||
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 | ||
re-established general acute care hospital has been issued | ||
a new general acute care hospital license from the | ||
Department of Public Health.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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