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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB5359
Introduced , by Rep. Cynthia Soto SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that a hospital located in a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants may apply to the Department of Public Health for approval to conduct its operations from more than one location within the county under a single license if the distance between each location to be combined under one license is no more than one mile. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5359 |
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LRB095 17316 DRJ 46169 b |
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 4.5 as follows:
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| (210 ILCS 85/4.5)
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| Sec. 4.5. Hospital with multiple locations; single |
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| license.
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| (a) A hospital located in a county with fewer than |
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| 3,000,000 inhabitants may
apply to the Department for approval |
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| to conduct its operations from more than
one location within |
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| the county under a single license.
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| (a-5) A hospital located in a county with 3,000,000 or more |
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| inhabitants may apply to the Department for approval to conduct |
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| its operations from more than one location within the county |
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| under a single license if the distance between each location to |
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| be combined under one license is no more than one mile. |
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| (b) The facilities or buildings at those locations must be |
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| owned or
operated together by a single corporation or other |
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| legal entity serving as the
licensee and must share:
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| (1) a single board of directors with responsibility for |
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| governance,
including financial oversight and the |
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| authority to designate or remove the
chief executive |