Sen. Sue Rezin
Filed: 2/16/2022
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1435
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1435 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 | ||||||
5 | changing Section 4.5 as follows:
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6 | (210 ILCS 85/4.5)
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7 | Sec. 4.5. Hospital with multiple locations; single | ||||||
8 | license.
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9 | (a) A hospital located in a county with fewer than | ||||||
10 | 3,000,000 inhabitants may
apply to the Department for approval | ||||||
11 | to conduct its operations from more than
one location within | ||||||
12 | the county under a single license. At the time of the | ||||||
13 | application to operate under a single license, a hospital | ||||||
14 | located in a county with fewer than 125,000 inhabitants may | ||||||
15 | apply to the Department for approval to conduct its operations | ||||||
16 | from more than one location within contiguous counties in |
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1 | which both facilities are located, provided that the second | ||||||
2 | county has fewer than 35,000 inhabitants.
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3 | (b) The facilities or buildings at those locations must be | ||||||
4 | owned or
operated together by a single corporation or other | ||||||
5 | legal entity serving as the
licensee and must share:
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6 | (1) a single board of directors with responsibility | ||||||
7 | for governance,
including financial oversight and the | ||||||
8 | authority to designate or remove the
chief executive | ||||||
9 | officer;
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10 | (2) a single medical staff accountable to the board of | ||||||
11 | directors and
governed by a single set of medical staff | ||||||
12 | bylaws, rules, and regulations with
responsibility for the | ||||||
13 | quality of the medical services; and
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14 | (3) a single chief executive officer, accountable to | ||||||
15 | the board of
directors, with management responsibility.
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16 | (c) Each hospital building or facility that is located on | ||||||
17 | a site
geographically separate from the campus or premises of | ||||||
18 | another hospital
building or facility operated by the licensee | ||||||
19 | must, at a minimum, individually
comply with the Department's | ||||||
20 | hospital licensing requirements for emergency
services.
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21 | (d) The hospital shall submit to the Department a | ||||||
22 | comprehensive plan in
relation to the waiver or waivers | ||||||
23 | requested
describing the services and operations of each | ||||||
24 | facility or building and how
common services or operations | ||||||
25 | will be coordinated between the various
locations. With the | ||||||
26 | exception of items required by subsection (c), the
Department |
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1 | is authorized to waive compliance with the hospital
licensing | ||||||
2 | requirements for specific buildings or facilities, provided | ||||||
3 | that the
hospital has documented which other building or | ||||||
4 | facility under its single
license provides that service or | ||||||
5 | operation, and that doing so would not
endanger the public's | ||||||
6 | health, safety, or welfare. Nothing in this Section
relieves a | ||||||
7 | hospital from the requirements of the Health Facilities | ||||||
8 | Planning
Act.
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9 | (Source: P.A. 89-171, eff. 7-19-95.)
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10 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
11 | becoming law.".
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