Rep. Thomas Holbrook
Filed: 12/1/2010
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1721




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1721 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended  by adding 
5Section 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 
9inhabitants may apply to the Department for approval to conduct 
10its operations from more than one location within the county 
11under a single license at a separate building or facility 
12already licensed as a hospital. The operations shall be limited 
13to psychiatric services. The host hospital shall house the 
14licensee. The licensee's application shall be supported by 
15information that its operations at the host hospital will 
16provide access to necessary services for the region that the 
 
 
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1host hospital does not provide. The services proposed by the 
2licensee at the host hospital shall not consist of emergency 
3services.
4    (b) The portion of the facilities or buildings operated by 
5the licensee at the host hospital shall be leased in part and 
6operated by a single corporation or other legal entity serving 
7as 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 
22for hospital licensing requirements relating to design and 
23construction, engineering and maintenance of the physical 
24plan, waste disposal, and fire safety.
25    (c) The licensee and host hospital shall notify the public 
26and patients through general signage and written notification 
 
 
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1provided upon admission that services are provided at the host 
2hospital site by 2 separately licensed hospitals. The signage 
3shall specify which services are provided by the host hospital 
4or the licensee or both.
5    (d) One emergency department shall serve the host hospital. 
6Patients shall be notified that emergency services are provided 
7by the host hospital. Those patients that require admission 
8from the emergency department to a service that is operated by 
9the licensee shall be admitted according to the Emergency 
10Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act regulations and 
11transferred to the licensee. The admission, registration, and 
12consent form documents shall be specific to the licensee.
13    (e) The licensee and host hospital shall submit to the 
14Department a comprehensive plan describing the services and 
15operations of each facility or building and between the 
16licensee and host hospital, and how common services or 
17operations will be coordinated between the various locations. 
18Nothing in this Section relieves a hospital from the 
19requirements in the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act.

 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
21becoming law.".