94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB1605


 
Introduced 2/14/2005, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Mary E. Flowers
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













20 ILCS 3960/2
  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1152








    Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act.  Makes a technical change
to a
Section
concerning the  purpose of the Act.
















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A BILL FOR









 











HB1605

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    AN ACT concerning State government.

 
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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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2008)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. The
The purpose of this Act is to establish a 
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procedure designed to
reverse the trends of increasing costs of 
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health care resulting from
unnecessary construction or 
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modification of health care facilities. Such
procedure shall 
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represent an attempt by the State of Illinois to improve
the 
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financial ability of the public to obtain necessary health 
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services,
and to establish an orderly and comprehensive health 
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care delivery
system which will guarantee the availability of 
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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.)