Rep. Thomas Holbrook
Filed: 12/1/2010
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1721
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1721 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding | ||||||
| 5 | Section 4.7 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (210 ILCS 85/4.7 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 4.7. Additional licensing requirements. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) A hospital located in a county with fewer than 325,000 | ||||||
| 9 | inhabitants may apply to the Department for approval to conduct | ||||||
| 10 | its operations from more than one location within the county | ||||||
| 11 | under a single license at a separate building or facility | ||||||
| 12 | already licensed as a hospital. The operations shall be limited | ||||||
| 13 | to psychiatric services. The host hospital shall house the | ||||||
| 14 | licensee. The licensee's application shall be supported by | ||||||
| 15 | information that its operations at the host hospital will | ||||||
| 16 | provide access to necessary services for the region that the | ||||||
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| 1 | host hospital does not provide. The services proposed by the | ||||||
| 2 | licensee at the host hospital shall not consist of emergency | ||||||
| 3 | services. | ||||||
| 4 | (b) The portion of the facilities or buildings operated by | ||||||
| 5 | the licensee at the host hospital shall be leased in part and | ||||||
| 6 | operated by a single corporation or other legal entity serving | ||||||
| 7 | as the licensee and shall have a single: | ||||||
| 8 | (1) board of directors with the responsibility for | ||||||
| 9 | governance, including financial oversight and authority to | ||||||
| 10 | designate or remove the chief executive officer; | ||||||
| 11 | (2) medical staff accountable to the board of directors | ||||||
| 12 | of the licensee and governed by a single set of medical | ||||||
| 13 | staff bylaws and associated rules and regulation of the | ||||||
| 14 | licensee, with responsibility for the quality of the | ||||||
| 15 | medical services provided by the licensee at the host | ||||||
| 16 | hospital side; and | ||||||
| 17 | (3) chief executive officer, accountable to the board | ||||||
| 18 | of directors of the licensee, with management | ||||||
| 19 | responsibility for the licensee's operations at the host | ||||||
| 20 | hospital site. | ||||||
| 21 | The host hospital and licensee shall be jointly responsible | ||||||
| 22 | for hospital licensing requirements relating to design and | ||||||
| 23 | construction, engineering and maintenance of the physical | ||||||
| 24 | plan, waste disposal, and fire safety. | ||||||
| 25 | (c) The licensee and host hospital shall notify the public | ||||||
| 26 | and patients through general signage and written notification | ||||||
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| 1 | provided upon admission that services are provided at the host | ||||||
| 2 | hospital site by 2 separately licensed hospitals. The signage | ||||||
| 3 | shall specify which services are provided by the host hospital | ||||||
| 4 | or the licensee or both. | ||||||
| 5 | (d) One emergency department shall serve the host hospital. | ||||||
| 6 | Patients shall be notified that emergency services are provided | ||||||
| 7 | by the host hospital. Those patients that require admission | ||||||
| 8 | from the emergency department to a service that is operated by | ||||||
| 9 | the licensee shall be admitted according to the Emergency | ||||||
| 10 | Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act regulations and | ||||||
| 11 | transferred to the licensee. The admission, registration, and | ||||||
| 12 | consent form documents shall be specific to the licensee. | ||||||
| 13 | (e) The licensee and host hospital shall submit to the | ||||||
| 14 | Department a comprehensive plan describing the services and | ||||||
| 15 | operations of each facility or building and between the | ||||||
| 16 | licensee and host hospital, and how common services or | ||||||
| 17 | operations will be coordinated between the various locations. | ||||||
| 18 | Nothing in this Section relieves a hospital from the | ||||||
| 19 | requirements in the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act.
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| 20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 21 | becoming law.".
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