Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB4370

Amends the Hospital Licensing Act and the University of Illinois Hospital Act. Provides that the Health Facilities and Services Review Board shall require the University of Illinois Hospital and hospitals with more than 50 beds to submit an annual report by April 15, 2017 and every April 15 thereafter, in a searchable Adobe PDF format, on all procurement goals and actual spending for female-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises in the previous calendar year. Provides that each hospital shall include certain specified information in its annual report. Provides that the Board, the University of Illinois Hospital, and all participating hospitals shall hold an annual workshop open to the public in June of 2016 and every year thereafter on the state of supplier diversity to collaboratively seek solutions to structural impediments to achieving stated goals. Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Requires the Board to adopt rules to implement the reporting requirements. Effective immediately.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Repeals a provision requiring health care facilities to develop policies to encourage participation by minority-owned, women-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises in capital projects. Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Defines "capital expenditures". Provides that if a specified hospital reports capital expenditures above a specified threshold, then the hospital shall also meet specified reporting requirements concerning minority-owned, women-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises with respect to those capital expenditures. Specifies information that shall be included in the hospital's annual report. Provides that health care systems may submit system-wide reports. Requires the Department of Central Management Services to hold specified annual workshops. Requires the Health Facilities and Services Review Board to publish a database containing specified information concerning hospitals. Provides that the Health Facilities and Services Review Board shall not inquire about, review, obtain, or in any other way consider the information provided in these provisions when reviewing an application for a permit or exemption or in taking any other action under the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Effective immediately.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the language of the introduced bill with the following change: Specifies that the provision being repealed requiring health care facilities to develop policies to encourage participation by minority-owned, women-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises in capital projects is from Public Act 99-315.

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