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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act is |
| 5 | | amended by adding Section 8.9 as follows:
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| 6 | | (20 ILCS 3960/8.9 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 8.9. Re-establishing discontinued general acute care |
| 8 | | hospital. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the |
| 9 | | contrary, a party seeking to re-establish a previously |
| 10 | | discontinued general acute care hospital under this Act shall |
| 11 | | be authorized to file a certificate of exemption under the Act |
| 12 | | if the following conditions are met: |
| 13 | | (1) the previously discontinued general acute care |
| 14 | | hospital was a safety net hospital, as defined pursuant to |
| 15 | | Section 5-5e.1 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, at the |
| 16 | | time the Review Board approved the closure of the |
| 17 | | previously discontinued general acute care hospital, or |
| 18 | | had a Medicaid inpatient utilization rate in excess of 40% |
| 19 | | as determined by the Department of Healthcare and Family |
| 20 | | Services in the last rate year prior to the time the Review |
| 21 | | Board approved the closure of the previously discontinued |
| 22 | | general acute care hospital; |
| 23 | | (2) the previously discontinued general acute care |
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| 1 | | hospital surrendered its general acute care hospital |
| 2 | | license to the Department of Public Health between January |
| 3 | | 1, 2019 and December 31, 2020; |
| 4 | | (3) the certificate of exemption seeks to re-establish |
| 5 | | the same number of total authorized beds as were |
| 6 | | previously authorized by the Department of Public Health |
| 7 | | at the previously discontinued general acute care |
| 8 | | hospital; |
| 9 | | (4) the party seeking to re-establish a previously |
| 10 | | discontinued general acute care hospital commits to spend |
| 11 | | at least $20,000,000 to re-establish the previously |
| 12 | | discontinued general acute care hospital, which would |
| 13 | | include the cost of land acquisition, building |
| 14 | | acquisition, new construction, and new equipment; |
| 15 | | (5) the party seeking to re-establish a previously |
| 16 | | discontinued general acute care hospital will adopt and |
| 17 | | maintain for at least a period of 2 years a charity care |
| 18 | | policy that is no less restrictive than was in place at the |
| 19 | | previously discontinued general acute care hospital; |
| 20 | | (6) the party seeking to re-establish a previously |
| 21 | | discontinued general acute care hospital will accept |
| 22 | | Medicaid and Medicaid managed care patients; and |
| 23 | | (7) the party seeking to re-establish a previously |
| 24 | | discontinued general acute care hospital will agree to |
| 25 | | maintain ownership of the re-established general acute |
| 26 | | care hospital for no less than 5 years after the |