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20 ILCS 3960/6

(20 ILCS 3960/6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1156)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2029)

Sec. 6. Application for permit or exemption; exemption regulations.

(a) An application for a permit or exemption shall be made to
the State Board upon forms provided by the State Board.  This application
shall contain such information
as the State Board deems necessary. The State Board shall not require an applicant to file a Letter of Intent before an application is filed. Such
application shall include affirmative evidence on which the State
Board or Chairman may make its decision on the approval or denial of the permit or
exemption.

(b) The State Board shall establish by regulation the procedures and
requirements
regarding issuance of exemptions.
An exemption shall be approved when information required by the Board by rule
is submitted. Projects
eligible for an exemption, rather than a permit, include, but are not limited
to,
change of ownership of a health care facility and discontinuation of a category of service, other than a health care facility maintained by the State or any agency or department thereof or a nursing home maintained by a county. The Board may accept an application for an exemption for the discontinuation of a category of service at a health care facility only once in a 6-month period following (1) the previous application for exemption at the same health care facility or (2) the final decision of the Board regarding the discontinuation of a category of service at the same health care facility, whichever occurs later. A discontinuation of a category of service shall otherwise require an application for a permit if an application for an exemption has already been accepted within the 6-month period. For a change of
ownership among related persons of a health care
facility, the State Board shall provide by rule for an
expedited
process for obtaining an exemption. For the purposes of this Section, "change of ownership among related persons" means a transaction in which the parties to the transaction are under common control or ownership before and after the transaction is complete.

(c) All applications shall be signed by the applicant and shall be
verified by any 2 officers thereof.

(c-5) Any written review or findings  of the Board staff set forth in the State Board Staff Report concerning an application for a permit must be made available to the public and the applicant at least 14 calendar days before the meeting of the State Board at which the review or findings are considered. The applicant and members of the public may submit, to the State Board, written responses regarding the facts set forth in the review or findings of the Board staff. Members of the public and the applicant shall have until 10 days before the meeting of the State Board to submit any written response concerning the Board staff's written review or findings. The Board staff may revise any findings to address corrections of factual errors cited in the public response. At the meeting, the State Board may, in its discretion, permit the submission of other additional written materials.

(d) Upon receipt of an application for a permit, the State Board shall
approve and authorize the issuance of a permit if it finds (1) that the
applicant is fit, willing, and able to provide a proper standard of
health care service for the community with particular regard to the
qualification, background and character of the applicant, (2) that
economic feasibility is demonstrated in terms of effect on the existing
and projected operating budget of the applicant and of the health care
facility; in terms of the applicant's ability to establish and operate
such facility in accordance with licensure regulations promulgated under
pertinent state laws; and in terms of the projected impact on the total
health care expenditures in the facility and community, (3) that
safeguards are provided that assure that the establishment,
construction or modification of the health care facility or acquisition
of major medical equipment is consistent
with the public interest, and (4) that the proposed project is consistent
with the orderly and economic
development of such facilities and equipment and is in accord with standards,
criteria, or plans of need adopted and approved pursuant to the
provisions of Section 12 of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 100-518, eff. 6-1-18; 100-681, eff. 8-3-18; 101-83, eff. 7-15-19.)