Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
Filed: 3/15/2021
 
 

 

 

 
10200SB0168ham001LRB102 10144 RJF 23491 a



1
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 168 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 168 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act is 
5amended  by adding Section 8.9 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 3960/8.9 new)
7    Sec. 8.9. Re-establishing discontinued general acute care 
8hospital. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the 
9contrary, a party seeking to re-establish a previously 
10discontinued general acute care hospital under this Act shall 
11be authorized to file a certificate of exemption under the Act 
12if 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 
 
 
10200SB0168ham001- 2 -LRB102 10144 RJF 23491 a

1    previously discontinued general acute care hospital;
2        (2)   the previously discontinued general acute care 
3    hospital surrendered its general acute hospital license to 
4    the Department of Public Health between January 1, 2019 
5    and December 31, 2020;
6        (3)   the certificate of exemption seeks to re-establish 
7    the same number of total licensed beds as were previously 
8    licensed by the Department of Public Health at the 
9    previously discontinued general acute care hospital;
10        (4)   the party seeking to re-establish a previously 
11    discontinued general acute care hospital commits to spend 
12    at least $20,000,000 to re-establish the previously 
13    discontinued general acute care hospital, which would 
14    include the cost of land acquisition, building 
15    acquisition, new construction, and new equipment;
16        (5)   the party seeking to re-establish a previously 
17    discontinued general acute care hospital will adopt and 
18    maintain for at least a period of 2 years a charity care 
19    policy that is no less restrictive than was in place at the 
20    previously discontinued general acute care hospital;
21        (6)   the party seeking to re-establish a previously 
22    discontinued general acute care hospital will accept 
23    Medicaid and Medicaid managed care patients; and
24        (7)   the party seeking to re-establish a previously 
25    discontinued general acute care hospital will agree to 
26    maintain ownership of the re-established general acute 
 
 
10200SB0168ham001- 3 -LRB102 10144 RJF 23491 a

1    care hospital for no less than 5 years after the 
2    re-established general acute care hospital has been issued 
3    a new general acute care hospital license from the 
4    Department of Public Health.
 

5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
6becoming law.".