Full Text of HR0503 95th General Assembly
HR0503 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, In 1994, an innovative Illinois General Assembly | 3 |
| approved the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act, which | 4 |
| allowed for the licensing and studying of Alternative Health | 5 |
| Care delivery systems; and
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| WHEREAS, Post Surgical Recovery Care Facilities were | 7 |
| established as demonstration programs under this Act; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, the original intention was to evaluate and make | 9 |
| recommendations regarding these programs and the goal of the | 10 |
| Act was to look at alternative delivery programs that could | 11 |
| contain costs for the consumer and the State, increase public | 12 |
| access to health care, and increase the quality of health care | 13 |
| being delivered; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, Since that time, a large amount of measurable, | 15 |
| objective data has been collected on cost, access, health | 16 |
| outcomes, length of stay, satisfaction, and safety; data has | 17 |
| been collected through quarterly reporting and surveillance to | 18 |
| the Department of Public Health and through onsite annual | 19 |
| surveys; and
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| WHEREAS, The original Act stated that the Department would | 21 |
| adopt rules for each alternative health care model to include |
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| the definition and scope of the program, including the date and | 2 |
| period of operation under the Act, which was not to exceed 5 | 3 |
| years; and
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| WHEREAS, Those facilities found by the Department to be in | 5 |
| substantial compliance were eligible for annual licensing | 6 |
| renewal unless or until a different licensure program for Post | 7 |
| Surgical Recovery Care Centers was established by subsequent | 8 |
| legislation; and
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| WHEREAS, 13 years into these demonstration programs, we | 10 |
| continue to await review and final reporting of the success of | 11 |
| Post Surgical Recovery Care Centers; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 |
| urge the Department of Public Health to provide for the | 15 |
| reporting and recommendations originally called for in the | 16 |
| Alternative Health Care Delivery Act; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That if the Post Surgical Recovery Care Centers | 18 |
| are shown to meet the original goals of the Act, that they be | 19 |
| given the option to seek licensure as a hospital and to meet | 20 |
| such licensure standards as the Department may deem valid; this | 21 |
| is necessary because the Recovery Care Centers current | 22 |
| licensure status is not recognized outside of the State of |
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| Illinois, as such the Centers are not eligible for federal or | 2 |
| State reimbursement under the Medicare or Medicaid Programs; | 3 |
| also, because they are not certified by Medicare as a provider, | 4 |
| they fail to meet the definition of a reimbursable healthcare | 5 |
| provider under most commercial insurance policies that require | 6 |
| some level or type of Medicare Certification in order to be a | 7 |
| covered service; this option would insure the continued | 8 |
| survival of those facilities developed under the Alternative | 9 |
| Health Care Delivery Act who choose to apply for hospital | 10 |
| licensure.
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