Public Act 098-0257
 
HB2812 EnrolledLRB098 10882 JWD 41393 b


  
    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
    Section 5. The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act is 
amended  by adding Section 3.5 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 3960/3.5 new)
    Sec. 3.5. Facilities maintained or operated by a State 
agency.
    (a) Except for the requirements set forth in subsection 
(b), any construction, modification, establishment, or change 
in categories of service of a health care facility funded 
through an appropriation from the General Assembly and 
maintained or operated by a State agency is exempt from the 
requirements of this Act. A State agency is not exempt from 
this Act when that State agency discontinues a health care 
facility or category of service.
    (b) A State agency must notify the Board in writing of any 
appropriation by the General Assembly for the construction, 
modification, establishment or change in categories of 
service, excluding discontinuations of a health care facility 
or categories of service, maintained or operated by the State. 
The State agency must include with the written notification the 
following information: (i) the estimated service capacity of 
the health care facility, (ii) the location of the project or 
the intended location if not identified by law, and (iii) the 
date the health care facility is estimated to be opened. The 
State agency must also notify the Board in writing when the 
facility has been licensed by the Department of Public Health 
or any other licensing body. The State agency shall submit to 
the Board, on behalf of the health care facility, any annual 
facility questionnaires as defined in Section 13 of this Act or 
any requests for information by the Board.
    (c) This Section is repealed 5 years after the effective 
date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly. 
 

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