Public Act 096-1505
 
HB1721 EnrolledLRB096 05345 DRJ 15411 b



    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly: 



 
    Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended  by adding 
Section 4.7 as follows:
 
    (210 ILCS 85/4.7 new)
    Sec. 4.7. Additional licensing requirements.
    (a) A hospital located in a county with fewer than 325,000 
inhabitants may apply to the Department for approval to conduct 
its operations from more than one location within the county 
under a single license at a separate building or facility 
already licensed as a hospital. The operations shall be limited 
to psychiatric services. The host hospital shall house the 
licensee. The licensee's application shall be supported by 
information that its operations at the host hospital will 
provide access to necessary services for the region that the 
host hospital does not provide. The services proposed by the 
licensee at the host hospital shall not consist of emergency 
services.
    (b) The portion of the facilities or buildings operated by 
the licensee at the host hospital shall be leased in part and 
operated by a single corporation or other legal entity serving 
as the licensee and shall have a single:
        (1) board of directors with the responsibility for 
    governance, including financial oversight and authority to 
    designate or remove the chief executive officer;
        (2) medical staff accountable to the board of directors 
    of the licensee and governed by a single set of medical 
    staff bylaws and associated rules and regulation of the 
    licensee, with responsibility for the quality of the 
    medical services provided by the licensee at the host 
    hospital side; and
        (3) chief executive officer, accountable to the board 
    of directors of the licensee, with management 
    responsibility for the licensee's operations at the host 
    hospital site.
    The host hospital and licensee shall be jointly responsible 
for hospital licensing requirements relating to design and 
construction, engineering and maintenance of the physical 
plan, waste disposal, and fire safety.
    (c) The licensee and host hospital shall notify the public 
and patients through general signage and written notification 
provided upon admission that services are provided at the host 
hospital site by 2 separately licensed hospitals. The signage 
shall specify which services are provided by the host hospital 
or the licensee or both.
    (d) One emergency department shall serve the host hospital. 
Patients shall be notified that emergency services are provided 
by the host hospital. Those patients that require admission 
from the emergency department to a service that is operated by 
the licensee shall be admitted according to the Emergency 
Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act regulations and 
transferred to the licensee. The admission, registration, and 
consent form documents shall be specific to the licensee.
    (e) The licensee and host hospital shall submit to the 
Department a comprehensive plan describing the services and 
operations of each facility or building and between the 
licensee and host hospital, and how common services or 
operations will be coordinated between the various locations. 
Nothing in this Section relieves a hospital from the 
requirements in the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act.

 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.