110 ILCS 330/ University of Illinois Hospital Act.

(110 ILCS 330/0.01) (from Ch. 23, par. 1370)

Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the University of Illinois Hospital Act.

(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(110 ILCS 330/1) (from Ch. 23, par. 1371)

Sec. 1. "University" means The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. "University of Illinois Hospital" means any hospital, institute, clinic, outpatient department or office owned or leased by the University at which a University health care program is conducted. "University health care program" means a patient diagnostic, treatment or care program, service or activity conducted by the University through its personnel it assigns to such programs in furtherance of the University's teaching, research and public service functions. The health professional colleges of the University of Illinois may be operated in conjunction with the University of Illinois Hospital or any University health care program to such extent as may be deemed practicable.

(Source: P.A. 81-573.)

(110 ILCS 330/2) (from Ch. 23, par. 1372)

Sec. 2. The general management, control and operation of the University of Illinois Hospital shall be in the University.

(Source: P.A. 76-939.)

(110 ILCS 330/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 1373)

Sec. 3. The University may provide for a managing officer for the University of Illinois Hospital and prescribe his duties and compensation.

(Source: P.A. 76-939.)

(110 ILCS 330/4) (from Ch. 23, par. 1374)

Sec. 4. The University may make expenditures for buildings and other improvements from appropriations made to the university, which buildings and improvements are upon land the control and legal title to which is in the State of Illinois rather than in the University. Control of buildings erected on such land shall be in the University.

For each dollar of expense incurred by the University of Illinois in providing unreimbursed health care to indigent patients, the State shall reduce the amount of the University's repayment obligation to the State by one dollar.

Gifts for the University of Illinois Hospital may be received and shall be administered in accordance with the terms of the gift.

(Source: P.A. 85-602.)

(110 ILCS 330/5) (from Ch. 23, par. 1375)

Sec. 5. The University may establish and collect charges for hospital services rendered in the University of Illinois Hospital or in connection with a University health care program. However, with respect to health care professional services rendered in connection with a University health care program at the University of Illinois Hospital or elsewhere by the Doctors of Medicine, the Doctors of Dentistry, or other health care professionals who are members of the University faculty, charges for such professional services shall not be established or collected by the University or the University of Illinois Hospital but may be by said members of said faculty who render such services under a plan or plans organized and administered by them. All such charges shall be deposited in a special fund or funds in the treasury of the University. The billing, collecting and disbursing of any such fund shall remain exclusively under the supervision and control of such faculty under a plan or plans established by them for the general benefit and support of University programs and activities related to the health professions, provided no charges may be made or collected until such plan has been approved by the University. However, no person shall make or collect a personal or professional charge for his own account for treating, caring for or nursing a patient in the University of Illinois Hospital (other than health care professional services provided at the University of Illinois Hospital by non-salaried adjunct University faculty who are licensed dentists or physicians licensed to practice medicine in all its branches members) or in connection with a University health care program. Nothing herein shall prevent the University from approving a plan under which any such fund in the University treasury may be utilized in paying the University salaries of such faculty members, or from assisting in the billing and collection of professional charges if all University costs in connection therewith are paid from the charges so collected.

(Source: P.A. 91-206, eff. 7-20-99; 92-760, eff. 8-2-02.)

(110 ILCS 330/6) (from Ch. 23, par. 1376)

Sec. 6. No otherwise qualified child with a disability receiving special education and related services under Article 14 of The School Code shall solely by reason of his or her disability be excluded from the participation in or be denied the benefits of or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity provided by the University of Illinois Hospital.

(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)

(110 ILCS 330/6.5)

Sec. 6.5. List of individuals that may not be admitted for treatment prohibited. The University of Illinois Hospital may not maintain a list of individuals that may not be admitted for treatment at the University of Illinois Hospital. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit the University of Illinois Hospital or a member of the University of Illinois Hospital's medical staff from recommending an alternate provider, coordinating an appropriate transfer, or arranging access to care services that best meets the needs of an individual patient.

(Source: P.A. 100-306, eff. 1-1-18.)

(110 ILCS 330/6.7)

Sec. 6.7. Health insurance marketplace notices. The University of Illinois Hospital shall post, in each facility that has an emergency room, a notice in a conspicuous location in the emergency room with information about how to enroll in health insurance through the Illinois health insurance marketplace in accordance with Sections 1311 and 1321 of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

(Source: P.A. 101-117, eff. 1-1-20.)

(110 ILCS 330/7)

Sec. 7. Prevention and control for Multidrug-Resistant Organisms. The University of Illinois Hospital shall develop and implement comprehensive interventions to prevent and control multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), and certain gram-negative bacilli (GNB), that take into consideration guidelines of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the management of MDROs in healthcare settings. The Department of Public Health shall adopt administrative rules that require the University of Illinois Hospital to perform an annual facility-wide infection control risk assessment and enforce hand hygiene and contact precaution requirements.

(Source: P.A. 95-282, eff. 8-20-07.)

(110 ILCS 330/8)

Sec. 8. Immunization against influenza virus and pneumococcal disease. The University of Illinois Hospital shall adopt an influenza and pneumococcal immunization policy that includes, but need not be limited to, the following:

(1) Procedures for identifying patients age 65 or older and, at the discretion of the facility, other patients at risk.

(2) Procedures for offering immunization against influenza virus when available between September 1 and April 1, and against pneumococcal disease upon admission or discharge, to patients in accordance with the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that are most recent to the time of vaccination, unless contraindicated.

(3) Procedures for ensuring that patients offered immunization, or their guardians, receive information regarding the risks and benefits of vaccination.

The hospital shall provide a copy of its influenza and pneumococcal immunization policy to the Illinois Department of Public Health upon request.

(Source: P.A. 98-271, eff. 1-1-14.)

(110 ILCS 330/8a)

Sec. 8a. (Repealed).

(Source: P.A. 99-383, eff. 8-17-15. Repealed by P.A. 102-1071, eff. 6-10-22.)

(110 ILCS 330/8b)

Sec. 8b. Instruments for taking a pregnant woman's blood pressure. The University of Illinois Hospital shall ensure that it has the proper instruments available for taking a pregnant woman's blood pressure. The Department of Public Health shall adopt rules for the implementation of this Section.

(Source: P.A. 101-91, eff. 1-1-20; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)

(110 ILCS 330/8c)

Sec. 8c. Closed captioning required. The University of Illinois Hospital must make reasonable efforts to have activated at all times the closed captioning feature on a television in a common area provided for use by the general public or in a patient's room or to enable the closed captioning feature when requested to do so by a member of the general public or a patient if the television includes a closed captioning feature.

It is not a violation of this Section if the closed captioning feature is deactivated by a member of the University of Illinois Hospital's staff after such feature is enabled in a common area or in a patient's room unless the deactivation of the closed captioning feature is knowing or intentional. It is not a violation of this Section if the closed captioning feature is deactivated by a member of the general public, a patient, or a member of the University of Illinois Hospital's staff at the request of a patient of the University of Illinois Hospital.

If the University of Illinois Hospital does not have a television that includes a closed captioning feature, then the University of Illinois Hospital must ensure that all televisions obtained for common areas and patient rooms after January 1, 2020 (the effective date of Public Act 101-116) include a closed captioning feature. This Section does not affect any other provision of law relating to disability discrimination or providing reasonable accommodations or diminish the rights of a person with a disability under any other law.

As used in this Section, "closed captioning" means a text display of spoken words presented on a television that allows a deaf or hard of hearing viewer to follow the dialogue and the action of a program simultaneously.

(Source: P.A. 101-116, eff. 1-1-20; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)

(110 ILCS 330/8d)

Sec. 8d. (Repealed).

(Source: P.A. 102-813, eff. 5-13-22. Repealed internally (see Section 65 of P.A. 102-671 and Section 25 of P.A. 102-674).)

(110 ILCS 330/8e)

Sec. 8e. Facility-provided medication upon discharge.

(a) The General Assembly finds that this Section is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.

(b) In this Section, "facility-provided medication" has the same meaning as provided under Section 15.10 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.

(c) When a facility-provided medication is ordered at least 24 hours in advance for surgical procedures and is administered to a patient at the University of Illinois Hospital, any unused portion of the facility-provided medication must be offered to the patient upon discharge when it is required for continuing treatment.

(d) A facility-provided medication shall be labeled consistent with labeling requirements under Section 22 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.

(e) If the facility-provided medication is used in an operating room or emergency department setting, the prescriber is responsible for counseling the patient on its proper use and administration and the requirement of pharmacist counseling is waived.

(Source: P.A. 102-155, eff. 7-23-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)

(110 ILCS 330/8f)

Sec. 8f. Surgical smoke plume evacuation.

(a) In this Section:

"Department" means the Department of Public Health.

"Surgical smoke plume" means the by-product of the use of energy-based devices on tissue during surgery and containing hazardous materials, including, but not limited to, bioaerosols, smoke, gases, tissue and cellular fragments and particulates, and viruses.

"Surgical smoke plume evacuation system" means a dedicated device that is designed to capture, transport, and filter surgical smoke plume at the site of origin and before it can diffuse and pose a risk to the occupants of the operating or treatment room.

(b) To protect patients and health care workers from the hazards of surgical smoke plume, the University of Illinois Hospital shall adopt policies to ensure the elimination of surgical smoke plume by use of a surgical smoke plume evacuation system for each procedure that generates surgical smoke plume from the use of energy-based devices, including, but not limited to, electrosurgery and lasers.

(c) The University of Illinois Hospital shall report to the Department within 90 days after January 1, 2022 (the effective date of Public Act 102-533) that policies under subsection (b) of this Section have been adopted.

(Source: P.A. 102-533, eff. 1-1-22; 102-750, eff. 5-6-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)

(110 ILCS 330/8g)

Sec. 8g. University of Illinois Hospital employee assistance programs. The University of Illinois Hospital shall ensure that employees of the University of Illinois Hospital are aware of employee assistance programs or other like programs available for the physical and mental well-being of the employee. The University of Illinois Hospital shall provide information on these programs, no less than at the time of employment and during any benefit open enrollment period. The University of Illinois Hospital may provide this information to employees electronically.

(Source: P.A. 102-1007, eff. 1-1-23.)

(110 ILCS 330/8h)

(Text of Section from P.A. 103-160)

Sec. 8h. Maternal milk donation education.

(a) To ensure an adequate supply of pasteurized donor human milk for premature infants in Illinois, the University of Illinois Hospital shall provide information and instructional materials to parents of each newborn, upon discharge from the University of Illinois Hospital, regarding the option to voluntarily donate milk to non-profit milk banks that are accredited by the Human Milk Banking Association of North America or its successor organization. The materials shall be provided free of charge and shall include general information regarding non-profit milk banking practices and contact information for area nonprofit milk banks that are accredited by the Human Milk Banking Association of North America.

(b) The information and instructional materials described in subsection (a) may be provided electronically.

(c) Nothing in this Section prohibits the University of Illinois Hospital from obtaining free and suitable information on voluntary milk donation from the Human Milk Banking Association of North America, or its successor organization, or their accredited members.

(Source: P.A. 103-160, eff. 1-1-24.)

(Text of Section from P.A. 103-213)

Sec. 8h. Emergency room treatment; delay of treatment prohibition. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the University of Illinois Hospital, in accordance with Section 1395dd(a) and 1395dd(b) of the Social Security Act, shall not delay provisions of a required appropriate medical screening examination or further medical examination and treatment for a patient in a University of Illinois Hospital emergency room in order to inquire about the individual's method of payment or insurance status.

(Source: P.A. 103-213, eff. 1-1-24.)

(110 ILCS 330/9)

Sec. 9. Safe patient handling policy. The University of Illinois Hospital shall cause each of the facilities under its jurisdiction that provide in-patient care to comply with Section 6.25 of the Hospital Licensing Act.

(Source: P.A. 96-389, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)

(110 ILCS 330/10)

Sec. 10. Compliance with the Health Care Violence Prevention Act. The University of Illinois Hospital shall comply with the Health Care Violence Prevention Act.

(Source: P.A. 100-1051, eff. 1-1-19.)