Health Care Availability and Accessibility Committee
Filed: 3/11/2009
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 976
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 976 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Alternative Health Care Delivery Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 25 as follows:
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| 6 | (210 ILCS 3/25)
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| 7 | Sec. 25. Department responsibilities. The Department shall | ||||||
| 8 | have the the
responsibilities set forth in this Section.
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| 9 | (a) The Department shall adopt rules for each alternative | ||||||
| 10 | health care model
authorized under this Act that shall include | ||||||
| 11 | but not be limited to the
following:
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| 12 | (1) Further definition of the alternative health care | ||||||
| 13 | models.
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| 14 | (2) The definition and scope of the demonstration | ||||||
| 15 | program, including the
implementation date and period of | ||||||
| 16 | operation, not to exceed 5 years.
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| 1 | (3) License application information required by the | ||||||
| 2 | Department.
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| 3 | (4) The care of patients in the alternative health care | ||||||
| 4 | models.
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| 5 | (5) Rights afforded to patients of the alternative | ||||||
| 6 | health care models.
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| 7 | (6) Physical plant requirements.
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| 8 | (7) License application and renewal fees, which may | ||||||
| 9 | cover
the cost of administering the demonstration program.
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| 10 | (8) Information that may be necessary for the Board and | ||||||
| 11 | the Department to
monitor and evaluate the alternative | ||||||
| 12 | health care model demonstration program.
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| 13 | (9) Administrative fines that may be assessed by the | ||||||
| 14 | Department for
violations of this Act or the rules adopted | ||||||
| 15 | under this Act.
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| 16 | (b) The Department shall issue, renew, deny, suspend, or | ||||||
| 17 | revoke licenses for
alternative health care models.
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| 18 | (c) The Department shall perform licensure inspections of | ||||||
| 19 | alternative health
care models as deemed necessary by the | ||||||
| 20 | Department to ensure compliance with
this Act or rules.
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| 21 | (d) The Department shall deposit application fees, renewal | ||||||
| 22 | fees, and fines
into the Regulatory Evaluation and Basic | ||||||
| 23 | Enforcement Fund.
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| 24 | (e) The Department shall assist the Board in performing the
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| 25 | Board's
responsibilities under this Act.
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| 26 | (f) The Department shall conduct a study to determine the | ||||||
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| 1 | feasibility, the
potential risks and benefits to patients, and | ||||||
| 2 | the potential effect on the
health care delivery system of | ||||||
| 3 | authorizing recovery care of nonsurgical
patients in | ||||||
| 4 | postsurgical recovery center demonstration models. The | ||||||
| 5 | Department
shall report the findings
of the study
to the | ||||||
| 6 | General Assembly no later than November 1, 1998.
The Director | ||||||
| 7 | shall appoint an advisory committee with representation from
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| 8 | the Illinois Hospital and Health Systems Association,
the | ||||||
| 9 | Illinois State Medical Society, and the Illinois Freestanding | ||||||
| 10 | Surgery
Center Association,
a physician who is
board certified | ||||||
| 11 | in internal medicine, a consumer, and other representatives
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| 12 | deemed appropriate by the Director. The advisory committee | ||||||
| 13 | shall advise the
Department as it carries out the study.
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| 14 | (g) Before November 1, 1998 the Department shall initiate a | ||||||
| 15 | process to
request public comments on how postsurgical recovery | ||||||
| 16 | centers admitting
nonsurgical patients should be regulated.
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| 17 | (Source: P.A. 90-600, eff. 6-25-98; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)".
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