Public Act 098-0708
 
HB2544 EnrolledLRB098 08629 DRJ 38748 b


  
    AN ACT concerning regulation.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
Accountable Care Organization Clinical Laboratory Testing 
Advisory Board Act.
 
    Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
    "Advisory board" means a clinical laboratory testing 
advisory board established under this Act.
    "Clinical laboratory testing" means any test or analysis 
performed in a clinical laboratory as defined in Section  2-103 
of the Illinois Clinical Laboratory and Blood Bank Act or that 
is otherwise subject to Section 353 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 263a). 
 
    Section 10. Advisory board required. Every accountable 
care organization providing diagnosis and treatment for 
patients in this State must establish an advisory board to 
consider and recommend guidelines or protocols for clinical 
laboratory testing. 
 
    Section 15. Advisory board membership. Every advisory 
board established under this Act must include in its membership 
at least one physician who:
        (1) is legally affiliated with the accountable care 
    organization; and
        (2) is a medical director, as defined in Section 2-104 
    of the Illinois Clinical Laboratory and Blood Bank Act, of 
    a clinical laboratory that is providing services for the 
    accountable care organization or a pathologist designated 
    by such a medical director.
 
 
    Section 20. Advisory board functions.
    (a) An advisory board may make recommendations to the 
accountable care organization's governing board for the 
adoption of guidelines or protocols for (i) clinical laboratory 
testing used for diagnostic purposes or disease management and 
(ii) pathologist consultation on episodes of care.
    (b) An advisory board may recommend guidelines or protocols 
for clinical laboratory testing to ensure appropriate use of 
such testing.
 
    Section 25. Adoption of advisory board recommendations. 
Notwithstanding the requirement of this Act to establish a 
clinical laboratory   testing advisory board, nothing contained 
in this Act shall be construed to require an accountable care 
organization's governing board to adopt a clinical laboratory 
testing guideline or protocol recommended by the accountable 
care organization's  advisory board. 
 
    Section 30. Application of Act. Nothing in this Act applies 
to an accountable care organization owned or operated by or 
affiliated with any of the following:
        (1) The Cook County Health and Hospitals System.
        (2) The University of Illinois.
        (3) A hospital licensed under the Hospital Licensing 
    Act.
        (4) A hospital affiliate as defined in the Hospital 
    Licensing Act.
 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
1, 2015.