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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5782
Introduced 2/6/2004, by Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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20 ILCS 3960/2 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1152 |
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Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Makes technical changes
to a
Section
concerning the legislative purpose of the Act.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5782 |
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LRB093 16929 DRJ 42586 b |
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| AN ACT concerning health facilities planning.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act is |
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| amended by
changing Section 2 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 3960/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1152)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2008)
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| Sec. 2. Legislative purpose.
The purpose of this Act is to |
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| establish a procedure designed to
reverse the trends of |
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| increasing costs of health care resulting from
unnecessary |
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| construction or modification of health care facilities. Such
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| procedure shall represent an attempt by the State of Illinois |
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| to improve
the financial ability of the public to obtain |
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| necessary health services,
and to establish an orderly and |
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| comprehensive health care delivery
system which will guarantee |
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| the availability of quality health care to
the general public.
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| This Act shall establish a procedure (1) which requires a |
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| person
establishing, constructing or modifying a health care |
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| facility, as
herein defined, to have the qualifications, |
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| background, character and
financial resources to adequately |
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| provide a proper service for the
community; (2) that promotes |
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| through the process of recognized local and
areawide health |
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| facilities planning, the orderly and
economic development of |
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| health care facilities in the State of Illinois
that avoids |
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| unnecessary duplication of such facilities; (3) that
promotes |
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| planning for and development of health care facilities needed
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| for comprehensive health care especially in areas where the |
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| health
planning process has identified unmet needs; and (4) |
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| that carries out
these purposes in coordination with the Agency |
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| and the comprehensive State
health plan developed by that |
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| Agency.
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| (Source: P.A. 80-941.)
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