HB0737 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB0737

Introduced 2/1/2005, by Rep. William Delgado

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

210 ILCS 76/5

Amends the Community Benefits Act. Provides that hospitals that are owned or operated by or affiliated with a health system shall be deemed to be in compliance with the Act if the health system has met the requirements of the Act with respect to each individual hospital that the health system owns or operates or that is affiliated with the health system. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Community Benefits Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:

(210 ILCS 76/5)

Sec. 5. Applicability. This Act does not apply to a hospital operated by a unit of government, a hospital located outside of a metropolitan statistical area, or a hospital with 100 or fewer beds. Hospitals that are owned or operated by or affiliated with a health system shall be deemed to be in compliance with this Act if the health system has met the requirements of this Act with respect to each individual hospital that the health system owns or operates or that is affiliated with the health system.

(Source: P.A. 93-480, eff. 8-8-03.)

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