SB1905ham004 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Lou Lang

Filed: 5/15/2009

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1905

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1905 as follows:

in Section 15, Sec. 2310-217, subsection (b), item (2), the sentence beginning "A Comprehensive Health Planner", by deleting "from a list of nominees selected by the Special Nomination Panel established in Section 19.7 of the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act"; and

in Section 20, in the introductory clause, by replacing "Sections 5.4 and 19.7" with "Section 5.4"; and

in Section 20, Sec. 2, the paragraph beginning "The changes made to this Act", by deleting "implementation of a special panel for nominations of the Certificate of Need Board, as well as"; and

in Section 20, Sec. 3, by deleting ""Special Nomination Panel" means the Special Nomination Panel created in Section 19.7 of this Act."; and

in Section 20, Sec. 4, subsection (b), the paragraph beginning "Each member shall have", after the sentence beginning "One member shall be", by inserting "No member of the Board may make a political contribution to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Comptroller, member of the General Assembly, or candidate for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Comptroller, or member of the General Assembly. No member of the Board may have a substantial or controlling interest in an entity that has made a contribution prohibited by the preceding sentence within 5 years preceding their appointment to the Board. No member may be or at any time have been a member of a party's State central committee. No member may be or have been a partisan candidate for any political office."; and

in Section 20, Sec. 4, subsection (b), the paragraph beginning "Each member shall have", the sentence beginning "No person shall be appointed", after "business relationship with", by inserting "or a financial interest in"; and

in Section 20, Sec. 4, subsection (c), the paragraph beginning "The State Board shall be appointed", by deleting "from a list of nominees selected by the Special Nomination Panel"; and

in Section 20, Sec. 4, subsection (d), the paragraph beginning "Of those 9 members", the sentence beginning "No member shall", by replacing "terms." with "terms, subject to review and re-approval every 3 years."; and

in Section 20, Sec. 4, subsection (e), the paragraph beginning "The Governor shall separately", by replacing "The Governor shall separately appoint from a list of nominees selected by the Special Nomination Panel" with "(f) The Governor shall designate one of the members to serve as"; and

in Section 20, Sec. 4, subsection (e), the paragraph beginning "The Governor shall separately", after the sentence beginning "The Chairman shall annually review Board member performance", by inserting "The Chairman may not make a political contribution to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Comptroller, member of the General Assembly, or candidate for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Comptroller, or member of the General Assembly. This prohibition includes the spouse of the Chairman and any minor children of the Chairman. The Chairman may not have a substantial or controlling interest in an entity that has made a contribution prohibited by the preceding sentence within 5 years preceding his or her appointment to the Board. The Chairman may not be nor at any time have been a member of a party's State central committee. The Chairman may not be nor have been a partisan candidate for any political office."; and

in Section 20, by deleting Sec. 19.7.