Full Text of HB5968 98th General Assembly
HB5968 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB5968 Introduced , by Rep. William Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Reorganizes the provisions in the Definitions Section. Authorizes the Health Facilities and Services Review Board ("State Board") to prescribe and provide forms pertaining to the State Board Staff Report. Provides that a State Board Staff Report shall pertain to applications that include, but are not limited to, applications for permit or exemption, applications for permit renewal, applications for extension of the obligation period, applications requesting a declaratory ruling, and applications under the Health Care Worker Self Referral Act. Further provides that the State Board staff shall submit its State Board Staff Report
to the State Board for its approval or denial of a permit. Provides that the State Board shall transcribe each State Board meeting using a certified court reporter and the transcript shall contain the record of the findings and decisions of the State Board. Further provides that State Board members shall provide their rationale when voting on an item before the State Board at a State Board meeting and that the transcript of the State Board meeting shall be incorporated into the Board's final decision. Deletes references to the Department of Public Health and replaces those references with the State Board. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Sections 3, 5.3, 5.4, 6.2, 8.5, 10, 11, 12, | 6 | | 12.2, 12.5, 13, and 15 as follows:
| 7 | | (20 ILCS 3960/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1153)
| 8 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019) | 9 | | Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act:
| 10 | | "Health care facilities" means and includes
the following | 11 | | facilities, organizations, and related persons:
| 12 | | (1) 1. An ambulatory surgical treatment center | 13 | | required to be licensed
pursuant to the Ambulatory Surgical | 14 | | Treatment Center Act . ;
| 15 | | (2) 2. An institution, place, building, or agency | 16 | | required to be licensed
pursuant to the Hospital Licensing | 17 | | Act . ;
| 18 | | (3) 3. Skilled and intermediate long term care | 19 | | facilities licensed under the
Nursing
Home Care Act . | 20 | | (A) If a demonstration project under the Nursing | 21 | | Home Care Act applies for a certificate of need to | 22 | | convert to a nursing facility, it shall meet the | 23 | | licensure and certificate of need requirements in |
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| 1 | | effect as of the date of application. | 2 | | (B) Except as provided in item (A) of this | 3 | | subsection, this Act does not apply to facilities | 4 | | granted waivers under Section 3-102.2 of the Nursing | 5 | | Home Care Act. ;
| 6 | | (3.5) 3.5. Skilled and intermediate care facilities | 7 | | licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act . ; | 8 | | (A) No permit or exemption is required for a | 9 | | facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act | 10 | | prior to the reduction of the number of beds at a | 11 | | facility. If there is a total reduction of beds at a | 12 | | facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act, | 13 | | this is a discontinuation or closure of the facility. | 14 | | If a facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care | 15 | | Act reduces the number of beds or discontinues the | 16 | | facility, that facility must notify the Board as | 17 | | provided in Section 14.1 of this Act. | 18 | | (3.7) 3.7. Facilities licensed under the Specialized | 19 | | Mental Health Rehabilitation Act . ; | 20 | | (4) 4. Hospitals, nursing homes, ambulatory surgical | 21 | | treatment centers, or
kidney disease treatment centers
| 22 | | maintained by the State or any department or agency | 23 | | thereof . ;
| 24 | | (5) 5. Kidney disease treatment centers, including a | 25 | | free-standing
hemodialysis unit required to be licensed | 26 | | under the End Stage Renal Disease Facility Act . ;
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| 1 | | (A) This Act does not apply to a dialysis facility | 2 | | that provides only dialysis training, support, and | 3 | | related services to individuals with end stage renal | 4 | | disease who have elected to receive home dialysis. | 5 | | (B) This Act does not apply to a dialysis unit | 6 | | located in a licensed nursing home that offers or | 7 | | provides dialysis-related services to residents with | 8 | | end stage renal disease who have elected to receive | 9 | | home dialysis within the nursing home. | 10 | | (C) The Board, however, may require dialysis | 11 | | facilities and licensed nursing homes under items (A) | 12 | | and (B) of this subsection to report statistical | 13 | | information on a quarterly basis to the Board to be | 14 | | used by the Board to conduct analyses on the need for | 15 | | proposed kidney disease treatment centers. | 16 | | (6) 6. An institution, place, building, or room used | 17 | | for the performance of
outpatient surgical procedures that | 18 | | is leased, owned, or operated by or on
behalf of an | 19 | | out-of-state facility . ;
| 20 | | (7) 7. An institution, place, building, or room used | 21 | | for provision of a health care category of service, | 22 | | including, but not limited to, cardiac catheterization and | 23 | | open heart surgery . ; and | 24 | | (8) 8. An institution, place, building, or room housing | 25 | | used for provision of major medical equipment used in the | 26 | | direct clinical diagnosis or treatment of patients, and |
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| 1 | | whose project cost is in excess of the capital expenditure | 2 | | minimum. | 3 | | "Health care facilities" does not include the following | 4 | | entities or facility transactions: | 5 | | (1) Federally-owned facilities. | 6 | | (2) Facilities used solely for healing by prayer or | 7 | | spiritual means. | 8 | | (3) An existing facility located on any campus facility | 9 | | as defined in Section 5-5.8b of the Illinois Public Aid | 10 | | Code, provided that the campus facility encompasses 30 or | 11 | | more contiguous acres and that the new or renovated | 12 | | facility is intended for use by a licensed residential | 13 | | facility. | 14 | | (4) Facilities licensed under the Supportive | 15 | | Residences Licensing Act or the Assisted Living and Shared | 16 | | Housing Act. | 17 | | (5) Facilities designated as supportive living | 18 | | facilities that are in good standing with the program | 19 | | established under Section 5-5.01a of the Illinois Public | 20 | | Aid Code. | 21 | | (6) Facilities established and operating under the | 22 | | Alternative Health Care Delivery Act as a children's | 23 | | respite care center alternative health care model | 24 | | demonstration program or as an Alzheimer's Disease | 25 | | Management Center alternative health care model | 26 | | demonstration program. |
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| 1 | | (7) The closure of an entity or a portion of an entity | 2 | | licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized | 3 | | Mental Health Rehabilitation Act, or the ID/DD Community | 4 | | Care Act, with the exception of facilities operated by a | 5 | | county or Illinois Veterans Homes, that elect to convert, | 6 | | in whole or in part, to an assisted living or shared | 7 | | housing establishment licensed under the Assisted Living | 8 | | and Shared Housing Act. | 9 | | (8) Any change of ownership of a healthcare facility | 10 | | that is licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act, the | 11 | | Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act, or the ID/DD | 12 | | Community Care Act, with the exception of facilities | 13 | | operated by a county or Illinois Veterans Homes. Changes of | 14 | | ownership of facilities licensed under the Nursing Home | 15 | | Care Act must meet the requirements set forth in Sections | 16 | | 3-101 through 3-119 of the Nursing Home Care Act. | 17 | | This Act shall not apply to the construction of any new | 18 | | facility or the renovation of any existing facility located on | 19 | | any campus facility as defined in Section 5-5.8b of the | 20 | | Illinois Public Aid Code, provided that the campus facility | 21 | | encompasses 30 or more contiguous acres and that the new or | 22 | | renovated facility is intended for use by a licensed | 23 | | residential facility. | 24 | | No federally owned facility shall be subject to the | 25 | | provisions of this
Act, nor facilities used solely for healing | 26 | | by prayer or spiritual means.
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| 1 | | No facility licensed under the Supportive Residences | 2 | | Licensing Act or the
Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act
| 3 | | shall be subject to the provisions of this Act.
| 4 | | No facility established and operating under the | 5 | | Alternative Health Care Delivery Act as a children's respite | 6 | | care center alternative health care model demonstration | 7 | | program or as an Alzheimer's Disease Management Center | 8 | | alternative health care model demonstration program shall be | 9 | | subject to the provisions of this Act. | 10 | | A facility designated as a supportive living facility that | 11 | | is in good
standing with the program
established under Section | 12 | | 5-5.01a of
the Illinois Public Aid Code shall not be subject to | 13 | | the provisions of this
Act.
| 14 | | This Act does not apply to facilities granted waivers under | 15 | | Section 3-102.2
of the Nursing Home Care Act. However, if a | 16 | | demonstration project under that
Act applies for a certificate
| 17 | | of need to convert to a nursing facility, it shall meet the | 18 | | licensure and
certificate of need requirements in effect as of | 19 | | the date of application. | 20 | | This Act does not apply to a dialysis facility that | 21 | | provides only dialysis training, support, and related services | 22 | | to individuals with end stage renal disease who have elected to | 23 | | receive home dialysis. This Act does not apply to a dialysis | 24 | | unit located in a licensed nursing home that offers or provides | 25 | | dialysis-related services to residents with end stage renal | 26 | | disease who have elected to receive home dialysis within the |
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| 1 | | nursing home. The Board, however, may require these dialysis | 2 | | facilities and licensed nursing homes to report statistical | 3 | | information on a quarterly basis to the Board to be used by the | 4 | | Board to conduct analyses on the need for proposed kidney | 5 | | disease treatment centers.
| 6 | | This Act shall not apply to the closure of an entity or a | 7 | | portion of an
entity licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act, | 8 | | the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act, or the ID/DD | 9 | | Community Care Act, with the exceptions of facilities operated | 10 | | by a county or Illinois Veterans Homes, that elects to convert, | 11 | | in
whole or in part, to an assisted living or shared housing | 12 | | establishment
licensed under the Assisted Living and Shared | 13 | | Housing Act.
| 14 | | This Act does not apply to any change of ownership of a | 15 | | healthcare facility that is licensed under the Nursing Home | 16 | | Care Act, the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act, or | 17 | | the ID/DD Community Care Act, with the exceptions of facilities | 18 | | operated by a county or Illinois Veterans Homes. Changes of | 19 | | ownership of facilities licensed under the Nursing Home Care | 20 | | Act must meet the requirements set forth in Sections 3-101 | 21 | | through 3-119 of the Nursing Home Care Act.
| 22 | | With the exception of those health care facilities | 23 | | specifically
included in this Section, nothing in this Act | 24 | | shall be intended to
include facilities operated as a part of | 25 | | the practice of a physician or
other licensed health care | 26 | | professional, whether practicing in his
individual capacity or |
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| 1 | | within the legal structure of any partnership,
medical or | 2 | | professional corporation, or unincorporated medical or
| 3 | | professional group. Further, this Act shall not apply to | 4 | | physicians or
other licensed health care professional's | 5 | | practices where such practices
are carried out in a portion of | 6 | | a health care facility under contract
with such health care | 7 | | facility by a physician or by other licensed
health care | 8 | | professionals, whether practicing in his individual capacity
| 9 | | or within the legal structure of any partnership, medical or
| 10 | | professional corporation, or unincorporated medical or | 11 | | professional
groups, unless the entity constructs, modifies, | 12 | | or establishes a health care facility as specifically defined | 13 | | in this Section. This Act shall apply to construction or
| 14 | | modification and to establishment by such health care facility | 15 | | of such
contracted portion which is subject to facility | 16 | | licensing requirements,
irrespective of the party responsible | 17 | | for such action or attendant
financial obligation. | 18 | | No permit or exemption is required for a facility licensed | 19 | | under the ID/DD Community Care Act prior to the reduction of | 20 | | the number of beds at a facility. If there is a total reduction | 21 | | of beds at a facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care | 22 | | Act, this is a discontinuation or closure of the facility. | 23 | | However, if a facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care | 24 | | Act reduces the number of beds or discontinues the facility, | 25 | | that facility must notify the Board as provided in Section 14.1 | 26 | | of this Act.
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| 1 | | "Person" means any one or more natural persons, legal | 2 | | entities,
governmental bodies other than federal, or any | 3 | | combination thereof.
| 4 | | "Consumer" means any person other than a person (a) whose | 5 | | major
occupation currently involves or whose official capacity | 6 | | within the last
12 months has involved the providing, | 7 | | administering or financing of any
type of health care facility, | 8 | | (b) who is engaged in health research or
the teaching of | 9 | | health, (c) who has a material financial interest in any
| 10 | | activity which involves the providing, administering or | 11 | | financing of any
type of health care facility, or (d) who is or | 12 | | ever has been a member of
the immediate family of the person | 13 | | defined by (a), (b), or (c).
| 14 | | "State Board" or "Board" means the Health Facilities and | 15 | | Services Review Board.
| 16 | | "Construction or modification" means the establishment, | 17 | | erection,
building, alteration, reconstruction, modernization, | 18 | | improvement,
extension, discontinuation, change of ownership, | 19 | | of or by a health care
facility, or the purchase or acquisition | 20 | | by or through a health care facility
of
equipment or service | 21 | | for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes or for
facility | 22 | | administration or operation, or any capital expenditure made by
| 23 | | or on behalf of a health care facility which
exceeds the | 24 | | capital expenditure minimum; however, any capital expenditure
| 25 | | made by or on behalf of a health care facility for (i) the | 26 | | construction or
modification of a facility licensed under the |
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| 1 | | Assisted Living and Shared
Housing Act or (ii) a conversion | 2 | | project undertaken in accordance with Section 30 of the Older | 3 | | Adult Services Act shall be excluded from any obligations under | 4 | | this Act.
| 5 | | "Establish" means the construction of a health care | 6 | | facility or the
replacement of an existing facility on another | 7 | | site or the initiation of a category of service.
| 8 | | "Major medical equipment" means medical equipment which is | 9 | | used for the
provision of medical and other health services and | 10 | | which costs in excess
of the capital expenditure minimum, | 11 | | except that such term does not include
medical equipment | 12 | | acquired
by or on behalf of a clinical laboratory to provide | 13 | | clinical laboratory
services if the clinical laboratory is | 14 | | independent of a physician's office
and a hospital and it has | 15 | | been determined under Title XVIII of the Social
Security Act to | 16 | | meet the requirements of paragraphs (10) and (11) of Section
| 17 | | 1861(s) of such Act. In determining whether medical equipment | 18 | | has a value
in excess of the capital expenditure minimum, the | 19 | | value of studies, surveys,
designs, plans, working drawings, | 20 | | specifications, and other activities
essential to the | 21 | | acquisition of such equipment shall be included.
| 22 | | "Capital Expenditure" means an expenditure: (A) made by or | 23 | | on behalf of
a health care facility (as such a facility is | 24 | | defined in this Act); and
(B) which under generally accepted | 25 | | accounting principles is not properly
chargeable as an expense | 26 | | of operation and maintenance, or is made to obtain
by lease or |
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| 1 | | comparable arrangement any facility or part thereof or any
| 2 | | equipment for a facility or part; and which exceeds the capital | 3 | | expenditure
minimum.
| 4 | | For the purpose of this paragraph, the cost of any studies, | 5 | | surveys, designs,
plans, working drawings, specifications, and | 6 | | other activities essential
to the acquisition, improvement, | 7 | | expansion, or replacement of any plant
or equipment with | 8 | | respect to which an expenditure is made shall be included
in | 9 | | determining if such expenditure exceeds the capital | 10 | | expenditures minimum.
Unless otherwise interdependent, or | 11 | | submitted as one project by the applicant, components of | 12 | | construction or modification undertaken by means of a single | 13 | | construction contract or financed through the issuance of a | 14 | | single debt instrument shall not be grouped together as one | 15 | | project. Donations of equipment
or facilities to a health care | 16 | | facility which if acquired directly by such
facility would be | 17 | | subject to review under this Act shall be considered capital
| 18 | | expenditures, and a transfer of equipment or facilities for | 19 | | less than fair
market value shall be considered a capital | 20 | | expenditure for purposes of this
Act if a transfer of the | 21 | | equipment or facilities at fair market value would
be subject | 22 | | to review.
| 23 | | "Capital expenditure minimum" means $11,500,000 for | 24 | | projects by hospital applicants, $6,500,000 for applicants for | 25 | | projects related to skilled and intermediate care long-term | 26 | | care facilities licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act, and |
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| 1 | | $3,000,000 for projects by all other applicants, which shall be | 2 | | annually
adjusted to reflect the increase in construction costs | 3 | | due to inflation, for major medical equipment and for all other
| 4 | | capital expenditures.
| 5 | | "Non-clinical service area" means an area (i) for the | 6 | | benefit of the
patients, visitors, staff, or employees of a | 7 | | health care facility and (ii) not
directly related to the | 8 | | diagnosis, treatment, or rehabilitation of persons
receiving | 9 | | services from the health care facility. "Non-clinical service | 10 | | areas"
include, but are not limited to, chapels; gift shops; | 11 | | news stands; computer
systems; tunnels, walkways, and | 12 | | elevators; telephone systems; projects to
comply with life | 13 | | safety codes; educational facilities; student housing;
| 14 | | patient, employee, staff, and visitor dining areas; | 15 | | administration and
volunteer offices; modernization of | 16 | | structural components (such as roof
replacement and masonry | 17 | | work); boiler repair or replacement; vehicle
maintenance and | 18 | | storage facilities; parking facilities; mechanical systems for
| 19 | | heating, ventilation, and air conditioning; loading docks; and | 20 | | repair or
replacement of carpeting, tile, wall coverings, | 21 | | window coverings or treatments,
or furniture. Solely for the | 22 | | purpose of this definition, "non-clinical service
area" does | 23 | | not include health and fitness centers.
| 24 | | "Areawide" means a major area of the State delineated on a
| 25 | | geographic, demographic, and functional basis for health | 26 | | planning and
for health service and having within it one or |
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| 1 | | more local areas for
health planning and health service. The | 2 | | term "region", as contrasted
with the term "subregion", and the | 3 | | word "area" may be used synonymously
with the term "areawide".
| 4 | | "Local" means a subarea of a delineated major area that on | 5 | | a
geographic, demographic, and functional basis may be | 6 | | considered to be
part of such major area. The term "subregion" | 7 | | may be used synonymously
with the term "local".
| 8 | | "Physician" means a person licensed to practice in | 9 | | accordance with
the Medical Practice Act of 1987, as amended.
| 10 | | "Licensed health care professional" means a person | 11 | | licensed to
practice a health profession under pertinent | 12 | | licensing statutes of the
State of Illinois.
| 13 | | "Director" means the Director of the Illinois Department of | 14 | | Public Health.
| 15 | | "Agency" means the Illinois Department of Public Health.
| 16 | | "Alternative health care model" means a facility or program | 17 | | authorized
under the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act.
| 18 | | "Out-of-state facility" means a person that is both (i) | 19 | | licensed as a
hospital or as an ambulatory surgery center under | 20 | | the laws of another state
or that
qualifies as a hospital or an | 21 | | ambulatory surgery center under regulations
adopted pursuant | 22 | | to the Social Security Act and (ii) not licensed under the
| 23 | | Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act, the Hospital | 24 | | Licensing Act, or the
Nursing Home Care Act. Affiliates of | 25 | | out-of-state facilities shall be
considered out-of-state | 26 | | facilities. Affiliates of Illinois licensed health
care |
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| 1 | | facilities 100% owned by an Illinois licensed health care | 2 | | facility, its
parent, or Illinois physicians licensed to | 3 | | practice medicine in all its
branches shall not be considered | 4 | | out-of-state facilities. Nothing in
this definition shall be
| 5 | | construed to include an office or any part of an office of a | 6 | | physician licensed
to practice medicine in all its branches in | 7 | | Illinois that is not required to be
licensed under the | 8 | | Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act.
| 9 | | "Change of ownership of a health care facility" means a | 10 | | change in the
person
who has ownership or
control of a health | 11 | | care facility's physical plant and capital assets. A change
in | 12 | | ownership is indicated by
the following transactions: sale, | 13 | | transfer, acquisition, lease, change of
sponsorship, or other | 14 | | means of
transferring control.
| 15 | | "Related person" means any person that: (i) is at least 50% | 16 | | owned, directly
or indirectly, by
either the health care | 17 | | facility or a person owning, directly or indirectly, at
least | 18 | | 50% of the health
care facility; or (ii) owns, directly or | 19 | | indirectly, at least 50% of the
health care facility.
| 20 | | "Charity care" means care provided by a health care | 21 | | facility for which the provider does not expect to receive | 22 | | payment from the patient or a third-party payer. | 23 | | "Freestanding emergency center" means a facility subject | 24 | | to licensure under Section 32.5 of the Emergency Medical | 25 | | Services (EMS) Systems Act. | 26 | | "Category of service" means a grouping by generic class of |
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| 1 | | various types or levels of support functions, equipment, care, | 2 | | or treatment provided to patients or residents, including, but | 3 | | not limited to, classes such as medical-surgical, pediatrics, | 4 | | or cardiac catheterization. A category of service may include | 5 | | subcategories or levels of care that identify a particular | 6 | | degree or type of care within the category of service. Nothing | 7 | | in this definition shall be construed to include the practice | 8 | | of a physician or other licensed health care professional while | 9 | | functioning in an office providing for the care, diagnosis, or | 10 | | treatment of patients. A category of service that is subject to | 11 | | the Board's jurisdiction must be designated in rules adopted by | 12 | | the Board. | 13 | | "State Board Staff Report" means the document that sets | 14 | | forth the review and findings of the State Board staff, as | 15 | | prescribed by the State Board, regarding applications subject | 16 | | to Board jurisdiction. | 17 | | (Source: P.A. 97-38, eff. 6-28-11; 97-277, eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, | 18 | | eff. 7-13-12; 97-980, eff. 8-17-12; 98-414, eff. 1-1-14.)
| 19 | | (20 ILCS 3960/5.3)
| 20 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019)
| 21 | | Sec. 5.3. Annual report of capital expenditures. In | 22 | | addition to the
State Board's
authority to require reports,
the | 23 | | State Board shall require each health care facility to
submit | 24 | | an annual report of all capital expenditures in excess of | 25 | | $200,000
(which shall be annually adjusted to reflect the |
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| 1 | | increase in construction costs
due to inflation) made by the | 2 | | health care facility during the most recent year.
This annual | 3 | | report shall consist of a brief description of the capital
| 4 | | expenditure, the amount and method of financing the capital | 5 | | expenditure,
the certificate of need project number if the | 6 | | project was reviewed, and the
total amount of capital | 7 | | expenditures obligated for the year.
Data collected from health | 8 | | care facilities pursuant to this Section shall
not duplicate or | 9 | | overlap other
data collected by the Department and must be | 10 | | collected as part of the State Board's
Department's Annual
| 11 | | Questionnaires or supplements for health care facilities that | 12 | | report these
data.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 93-41, eff. 6-27-03 .)
| 14 | | (20 ILCS 3960/5.4) | 15 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019) | 16 | | Sec. 5.4. Safety Net Impact Statement. | 17 | | (a) General review criteria shall include a requirement | 18 | | that all health care facilities, with the exception of skilled | 19 | | and intermediate long-term care facilities licensed under the | 20 | | Nursing Home Care Act, provide a Safety Net Impact Statement, | 21 | | which shall be filed with an application for a substantive | 22 | | project or when the application proposes to discontinue a | 23 | | category of service. | 24 | | (b) For the purposes of this Section, "safety net services" | 25 | | are services provided by health care providers or organizations |
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| 1 | | that deliver health care services to persons with barriers to | 2 | | mainstream health care due to lack of insurance, inability to | 3 | | pay, special needs, ethnic or cultural characteristics, or | 4 | | geographic isolation. Safety net service providers include, | 5 | | but are not limited to, hospitals and private practice | 6 | | physicians that provide charity care, school-based health | 7 | | centers, migrant health clinics, rural health clinics, | 8 | | federally qualified health centers, community health centers, | 9 | | public health departments, and community mental health | 10 | | centers. | 11 | | (c) As developed by the applicant, a Safety Net Impact | 12 | | Statement shall describe all of the following: | 13 | | (1) The project's material impact, if any, on essential | 14 | | safety net services in the community, to the extent that it | 15 | | is feasible for an applicant to have such knowledge. | 16 | | (2) The project's impact on the ability of another | 17 | | provider or health care system to cross-subsidize safety | 18 | | net services, if reasonably known to the applicant. | 19 | | (3) How the discontinuation of a facility or service | 20 | | might impact the remaining safety net providers in a given | 21 | | community, if reasonably known by the applicant. | 22 | | (d) Safety Net Impact Statements shall also include all of | 23 | | the following: | 24 | | (1) For the 3 fiscal years prior to the application, a | 25 | | certification describing the amount of charity care | 26 | | provided by the applicant. The amount calculated by |
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| 1 | | hospital applicants shall be in accordance with the | 2 | | reporting requirements for charity care reporting in the | 3 | | Illinois Community Benefits Act. Non-hospital applicants | 4 | | shall report charity care, at cost, in accordance with an | 5 | | appropriate methodology specified by the Board. | 6 | | (2) For the 3 fiscal years prior to the application, a | 7 | | certification of the amount of care provided to Medicaid | 8 | | patients. Hospital and non-hospital applicants shall | 9 | | provide Medicaid information in a manner consistent with | 10 | | the information reported each year to the State Board | 11 | | Illinois Department of Public Health regarding "Inpatients | 12 | | and Outpatients Served by Payor Source" and "Inpatient and | 13 | | Outpatient Net Revenue by Payor Source" as required by the | 14 | | Board under Section 13 of this Act and published in the | 15 | | Annual Hospital Profile. | 16 | | (3) Any information the applicant believes is directly | 17 | | relevant to safety net services, including information | 18 | | regarding teaching, research, and any other service. | 19 | | (e) The Board staff shall publish a notice, that an | 20 | | application accompanied by a Safety Net Impact Statement has | 21 | | been filed, in a newspaper having general circulation within | 22 | | the area affected by the application. If no newspaper has a | 23 | | general circulation within the county, the Board shall post the | 24 | | notice in 5 conspicuous places within the proposed area. | 25 | | (f) Any person, community organization, provider, or | 26 | | health system or other entity wishing to comment upon or oppose |
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| 1 | | the application may file a Safety Net Impact Statement Response | 2 | | with the Board, which shall provide additional information | 3 | | concerning a project's impact on safety net services in the | 4 | | community. | 5 | | (g) Applicants shall be provided an opportunity to submit a | 6 | | reply to any Safety Net Impact Statement Response. | 7 | | (h) The Board staff report shall include a statement as to | 8 | | whether a Safety Net Impact Statement was filed by the | 9 | | applicant and whether it included information on charity care, | 10 | | the amount of care provided to Medicaid patients, and | 11 | | information on teaching, research, or any other service | 12 | | provided by the applicant directly relevant to safety net | 13 | | services. The report shall also indicate the names of the | 14 | | parties submitting responses and the number of responses and | 15 | | replies, if any, that were filed.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 96-31, eff. 6-30-09.) | 17 | | (20 ILCS 3960/6.2) | 18 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019) | 19 | | Sec. 6.2. Review of permits ; State Board Staff Reports . | 20 | | Upon receipt of an application for a permit to establish,
| 21 | | construct, or modify a health care facility, the State Board | 22 | | staff
shall notify the applicant in writing within 10
working | 23 | | days either that the application is or is not complete. If the
| 24 | | application is complete, the State Board staff shall
notify the | 25 | | applicant of the beginning of the review process. If the |
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| 1 | | application is not complete, the Board staff shall explain | 2 | | within the 10-day period why the application is incomplete. | 3 | | The State Board staff shall afford a reasonable amount of | 4 | | time as
established by the State Board, but not to exceed 120 | 5 | | days,
for the review of the application. The 120-day period
| 6 | | begins on the day the application is found to be
substantially | 7 | | complete, as that term is defined by the State
Board. During | 8 | | the 120-day period, the applicant may request
an extension. An | 9 | | applicant may modify the application at any
time before a final | 10 | | administrative decision has been made on the
application.
| 11 | | The State Board shall prescribe and provide the forms upon
| 12 | | which the review and findings of the State Board Staff Report | 13 | | staff shall be
made. The State Board staff shall submit its | 14 | | State Board Staff Report review and findings
to the State Board | 15 | | for its decision-making regarding approval or denial of the | 16 | | permit. | 17 | | When an application for a permit is initially reviewed by
| 18 | | State Board staff, as provided in this Section, the State Board | 19 | | shall, upon request by the applicant or an interested person, | 20 | | afford an opportunity for a public hearing within a reasonable | 21 | | amount of time
after receipt of the complete application, but | 22 | | not to exceed
90 days after receipt of the complete | 23 | | application. Notice of the hearing shall be made promptly, not | 24 | | less than 10 days before the hearing, by
certified mail to the | 25 | | applicant and, not less than 10 days before the
hearing, by | 26 | | publication in a newspaper of general circulation
in the area |
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| 1 | | or community to be affected. The hearing shall
be held in the | 2 | | area or community in which the proposed
project is to be | 3 | | located and shall be for the purpose of allowing
the applicant | 4 | | and any interested person to present public
testimony | 5 | | concerning the approval, denial, renewal, or
revocation of the | 6 | | permit. All interested persons attending
the hearing shall be | 7 | | given a reasonable opportunity to present
their views or | 8 | | arguments in writing or orally, and a record
of all of the | 9 | | testimony shall accompany any findings of the State
Board | 10 | | staff. The State Board shall adopt reasonable rules and | 11 | | regulations
governing the procedure and conduct of the | 12 | | hearings.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 97-1115, eff. 8-27-12.) | 14 | | (20 ILCS 3960/8.5) | 15 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019) | 16 | | Sec. 8.5. Certificate of exemption for change of ownership | 17 | | of a health care facility; public notice and public hearing. | 18 | | (a) Upon a finding by the Department of Public Health that | 19 | | an application for a change of ownership is complete, the State | 20 | | Board Department of Public Health shall publish a legal notice | 21 | | on 3 consecutive days in a newspaper of general circulation in | 22 | | the area or community to be affected and afford the public an | 23 | | opportunity to request a hearing. If the application is for a | 24 | | facility located in a Metropolitan Statistical Area, an | 25 | | additional legal notice shall be published in a newspaper of |
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| 1 | | limited circulation, if one exists, in the area in which the | 2 | | facility is located. If the newspaper of limited circulation is | 3 | | published on a daily basis, the additional legal notice shall | 4 | | be published on 3 consecutive days. The legal notice shall also | 5 | | be posted on the Health Facilities and Services Review Board's | 6 | | web site and sent to the State Representative and State Senator | 7 | | of the district in which the health care facility is located. | 8 | | An The Department of Public Health shall not find that an | 9 | | application for change of ownership of a hospital shall not be | 10 | | deemed is complete without a signed certification that for a | 11 | | period of 2 years after the change of ownership transaction is | 12 | | effective, the hospital will not adopt a charity care policy | 13 | | that is
more restrictive than the policy in effect during the | 14 | | year prior to the transaction. | 15 | | For the purposes of this subsection, "newspaper of limited | 16 | | circulation" means a newspaper intended to serve a particular | 17 | | or defined population of a specific geographic area within a | 18 | | Metropolitan Statistical Area such as a municipality, town, | 19 | | village, township, or community area, but does not include | 20 | | publications of professional and trade associations.
| 21 | | (b) If a public hearing is requested, it shall be held at | 22 | | least 15 days but no more than 30 days after the date of | 23 | | publication of the legal notice in the community in which the | 24 | | facility is located. The hearing shall be held in a place of | 25 | | reasonable size and accessibility and a full and complete | 26 | | written transcript of the proceedings shall be made. The |
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| 1 | | applicant shall provide a summary of the proposed change of | 2 | | ownership for distribution at the public hearing.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 96-31, eff. 6-30-09.)
| 4 | | (20 ILCS 3960/10) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1160)
| 5 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019)
| 6 | | Sec. 10. Presenting information relevant to the approval of | 7 | | a permit or
certificate or in opposition to the denial of the | 8 | | application; notice of
outcome and review proceedings. When a | 9 | | motion by the State Board, to approve
an application for
a | 10 | | permit or a certificate of recognition, fails to pass,
or when | 11 | | a motion to deny an application for a permit
or
a certificate | 12 | | of recognition is passed, the applicant or the holder
of the
| 13 | | permit, as the case may be, and such other parties as the State | 14 | | Board permits,
will be given an opportunity to appear before | 15 | | the State Board and present
such information as may be relevant | 16 | | to the approval of a permit or certificate
or in opposition to | 17 | | the denial of the application.
| 18 | | Subsequent to an appearance by the applicant before the | 19 | | State Board or
default of such opportunity to appear, a motion | 20 | | by the State Board to approve
an application for a permit or a | 21 | | certificate of recognition which fails to pass
or a motion to | 22 | | deny an application for a permit or a certificate of | 23 | | recognition
which passes shall be considered denial of the | 24 | | application for a permit or
certificate of recognition, as the | 25 | | case may be. Such action of denial or an
action by the State |
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| 1 | | Board to revoke a permit or a certificate of recognition
shall | 2 | | be communicated to the applicant or holder of the permit or | 3 | | certificate
of recognition. Such person or organization shall | 4 | | be afforded an opportunity
for a hearing before an | 5 | | administrative law judge, who is appointed by the Chairman of | 6 | | the State Board. A written notice of a request for such hearing | 7 | | shall be
served upon the Chairman of the State Board within 30 | 8 | | days following
notification of the decision of the State Board. | 9 | | The administrative law judge shall take actions
necessary to | 10 | | ensure that the hearing is completed within a
reasonable period | 11 | | of time, but not to exceed 120 days, except for delays or
| 12 | | continuances agreed to by the
person requesting the hearing.
| 13 | | Following its consideration
of the report of the hearing, or | 14 | | upon default of the party to the hearing,
the State Board shall | 15 | | make its final determination, specifying its findings and
| 16 | | conclusions
within 90 days of receiving the written report of | 17 | | the hearing.
A copy of such determination shall be sent by | 18 | | certified
mail or served personally upon the party.
| 19 | | A full and complete record shall be kept of all | 20 | | proceedings,
including the notice of hearing, complaint, and | 21 | | all other documents in
the nature of pleadings, written motions | 22 | | filed in the proceedings, and
the report and orders of the | 23 | | State Board or hearing officer. All
testimony shall be reported | 24 | | but need not be transcribed unless the
decision is appealed in | 25 | | accordance with the Administrative Review Law,
as now or | 26 | | hereafter amended. A copy or copies of the transcript may be
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| 1 | | obtained by any interested party on payment of the cost of | 2 | | preparing
such copy or copies.
| 3 | | The State Board or hearing officer shall upon its own or | 4 | | his motion,
or on the written request of any party to the | 5 | | proceeding who has, in the
State Board's or hearing officer's | 6 | | opinion, demonstrated the relevancy
of such request to the | 7 | | outcome of the proceedings, issue subpoenas
requiring the | 8 | | attendance and the giving of testimony by witnesses, and
| 9 | | subpoenas duces tecum requiring the production of books, | 10 | | papers,
records, or memoranda. The fees of witnesses for | 11 | | attendance and travel
shall be the same as the fees of | 12 | | witnesses before the circuit court of
this State.
| 13 | | When the witness is subpoenaed at the instance of the State | 14 | | Board, or
its hearing officer, such fees shall be paid in the | 15 | | same manner as other
expenses of the Board Agency , and when the | 16 | | witness is subpoenaed at the
instance of any other party to any | 17 | | such proceeding the State Board may,
in accordance with its the | 18 | | rules of the Agency , require that the cost of
service of the | 19 | | subpoena or subpoena duces tecum and the fee of the
witness be | 20 | | borne by the party at whose instance the witness is summoned.
| 21 | | In such case, the State Board in its discretion, may require a | 22 | | deposit
to cover the cost of such service and witness fees. A | 23 | | subpoena or
subpoena duces tecum so issued shall be served in | 24 | | the same manner as a
subpoena issued out of a court.
| 25 | | Any circuit court of this State upon the application of the | 26 | | State
Board or upon the application of any other party to the |
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| 1 | | proceeding, may,
in its discretion, compel the attendance of | 2 | | witnesses, the production of
books, papers, records, or | 3 | | memoranda and the giving of testimony before
it or its hearing | 4 | | officer conducting an investigation or holding a
hearing | 5 | | authorized by this Act, by an attachment for contempt, or
| 6 | | otherwise, in the same manner as production of evidence may be | 7 | | compelled
before the court.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 97-1115, eff. 8-27-12.)
| 9 | | (20 ILCS 3960/11) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1161)
| 10 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019)
| 11 | | Sec. 11.
Any person who is adversely affected by a final | 12 | | decision of the
State Board may have
such decision judicially | 13 | | reviewed. The provisions of the Administrative
Review Law, as | 14 | | now or hereafter amended, and the rules adopted pursuant
| 15 | | thereto shall apply to and govern all proceedings for the | 16 | | judicial
review of final administrative decisions of the State | 17 | | Board. The term
"administrative decisions" is as defined in | 18 | | Section 3-101 of the Code of
Civil Procedure. In order to | 19 | | comply with subsection (b) of Section 3-108 of the | 20 | | Administrative Review Law of the Code of Civil Procedure, the | 21 | | State Board shall transcribe each State Board meeting using a | 22 | | certified court reporter. The transcript shall contain the | 23 | | record of the findings and decisions of the State Board.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 82-1057 .)
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| 1 | | (20 ILCS 3960/12) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1162)
| 2 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019) | 3 | | Sec. 12. Powers and duties of State Board. For purposes of | 4 | | this Act,
the State Board
shall
exercise the following powers | 5 | | and duties:
| 6 | | (1) Prescribe rules,
regulations, standards, criteria, | 7 | | procedures or reviews which may vary
according to the purpose | 8 | | for which a particular review is being conducted
or the type of | 9 | | project reviewed and which are required to carry out the
| 10 | | provisions and purposes of this Act. Policies and procedures of | 11 | | the State Board shall take into consideration the priorities | 12 | | and needs of medically underserved areas and other health care | 13 | | services identified through the comprehensive health planning | 14 | | process, giving special consideration to the impact of projects | 15 | | on access to safety net services.
| 16 | | (2) Adopt procedures for public
notice and hearing on all | 17 | | proposed rules, regulations, standards,
criteria, and plans | 18 | | required to carry out the provisions of this Act.
| 19 | | (3) (Blank).
| 20 | | (4) Develop criteria and standards for health care | 21 | | facilities planning,
conduct statewide inventories of health | 22 | | care facilities, maintain an updated
inventory on the Board's | 23 | | web site reflecting the
most recent bed and service
changes and | 24 | | updated need determinations when new census data become | 25 | | available
or new need formulae
are adopted,
and
develop health | 26 | | care facility plans which shall be utilized in the review of
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| 1 | | applications for permit under
this Act. Such health facility | 2 | | plans shall be coordinated by the Board
with pertinent State | 3 | | Plans. Inventories pursuant to this Section of skilled or | 4 | | intermediate care facilities licensed under the Nursing Home | 5 | | Care Act, skilled or intermediate care facilities licensed | 6 | | under the ID/DD Community Care Act, facilities licensed under | 7 | | the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act, or nursing | 8 | | homes licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act shall be | 9 | | conducted on an annual basis no later than July 1 of each year | 10 | | and shall include among the information requested a list of all | 11 | | services provided by a facility to its residents and to the | 12 | | community at large and differentiate between active and | 13 | | inactive beds.
| 14 | | In developing health care facility plans, the State Board | 15 | | shall consider,
but shall not be limited to, the following:
| 16 | | (a) The size, composition and growth of the population | 17 | | of the area
to be served;
| 18 | | (b) The number of existing and planned facilities | 19 | | offering similar
programs;
| 20 | | (c) The extent of utilization of existing facilities;
| 21 | | (d) The availability of facilities which may serve as | 22 | | alternatives
or substitutes;
| 23 | | (e) The availability of personnel necessary to the | 24 | | operation of the
facility;
| 25 | | (f) Multi-institutional planning and the establishment | 26 | | of
multi-institutional systems where feasible;
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| 1 | | (g) The financial and economic feasibility of proposed | 2 | | construction
or modification; and
| 3 | | (h) In the case of health care facilities established | 4 | | by a religious
body or denomination, the needs of the | 5 | | members of such religious body or
denomination may be | 6 | | considered to be public need.
| 7 | | The health care facility plans which are developed and | 8 | | adopted in
accordance with this Section shall form the basis | 9 | | for the plan of the State
to deal most effectively with | 10 | | statewide health needs in regard to health
care facilities.
| 11 | | (5) Coordinate with the Center for Comprehensive Health | 12 | | Planning and other state agencies having responsibilities
| 13 | | affecting health care facilities, including those of licensure | 14 | | and cost
reporting. Beginning no later than January 1, 2013, | 15 | | the Department of Public Health shall produce a written annual | 16 | | report to the Governor and the General Assembly regarding the | 17 | | development of the Center for Comprehensive Health Planning. | 18 | | The Chairman of the State Board and the State Board | 19 | | Administrator shall also receive a copy of the annual report.
| 20 | | (6) Solicit, accept, hold and administer on behalf of the | 21 | | State
any grants or bequests of money, securities or property | 22 | | for
use by the State Board or Center for Comprehensive Health | 23 | | Planning in the administration of this Act; and enter into | 24 | | contracts
consistent with the appropriations for purposes | 25 | | enumerated in this Act.
| 26 | | (7) The State Board shall prescribe procedures for review, |
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| 1 | | standards,
and criteria which shall be utilized
to make | 2 | | periodic reviews and determinations of the appropriateness
of | 3 | | any existing health services being rendered by health care | 4 | | facilities
subject to the Act. The State Board shall consider | 5 | | recommendations of the
Board in making its
determinations.
| 6 | | (8) Prescribe, in consultation
with the Center for | 7 | | Comprehensive Health Planning, rules, regulations,
standards, | 8 | | and criteria for the conduct of an expeditious review of
| 9 | | applications
for permits for projects of construction or | 10 | | modification of a health care
facility, which projects are | 11 | | classified as emergency, substantive, or non-substantive in | 12 | | nature. | 13 | | Six months after June 30, 2009 (the effective date of | 14 | | Public Act 96-31), substantive projects shall include no more | 15 | | than the following: | 16 | | (a) Projects to construct (1) a new or replacement | 17 | | facility located on a new site or
(2) a replacement | 18 | | facility located on the same site as the original facility | 19 | | and the cost of the replacement facility exceeds the | 20 | | capital expenditure minimum, which shall be reviewed by the | 21 | | Board within 120 days; | 22 | | (b) Projects proposing a
(1) new service within an | 23 | | existing healthcare facility or
(2) discontinuation of a | 24 | | service within an existing healthcare facility, which | 25 | | shall be reviewed by the Board within 60 days; or | 26 | | (c) Projects proposing a change in the bed capacity of |
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| 1 | | a health care facility by an increase in the total number | 2 | | of beds or by a redistribution of beds among various | 3 | | categories of service or by a relocation of beds from one | 4 | | physical facility or site to another by more than 20 beds | 5 | | or more than 10% of total bed capacity, as defined by the | 6 | | State Board, whichever is less, over a 2-year period. | 7 | | The Chairman may approve applications for exemption that | 8 | | meet the criteria set forth in rules or refer them to the full | 9 | | Board. The Chairman may approve any unopposed application that | 10 | | meets all of the review criteria or refer them to the full | 11 | | Board. | 12 | | Such rules shall
not abridge the right of the Center for | 13 | | Comprehensive Health Planning to make
recommendations on the | 14 | | classification and approval of projects, nor shall
such rules | 15 | | prevent the conduct of a public hearing upon the timely request
| 16 | | of an interested party. Such reviews shall not exceed 60 days | 17 | | from the
date the application is declared to be complete.
| 18 | | (9) Prescribe rules, regulations,
standards, and criteria | 19 | | pertaining to the granting of permits for
construction
and | 20 | | modifications which are emergent in nature and must be | 21 | | undertaken
immediately to prevent or correct structural | 22 | | deficiencies or hazardous
conditions that may harm or injure | 23 | | persons using the facility, as defined
in the rules and | 24 | | regulations of the State Board. This procedure is exempt
from | 25 | | public hearing requirements of this Act.
| 26 | | (10) Prescribe rules,
regulations, standards and criteria |
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| 1 | | for the conduct of an expeditious
review, not exceeding 60 | 2 | | days, of applications for permits for projects to
construct or | 3 | | modify health care facilities which are needed for the care
and | 4 | | treatment of persons who have acquired immunodeficiency | 5 | | syndrome (AIDS)
or related conditions.
| 6 | | (11) Issue written decisions upon request of the applicant | 7 | | or an adversely affected party to the Board. Requests for a | 8 | | written decision shall be made within 15 days after the Board | 9 | | meeting in which a final decision has been made. A "final | 10 | | decision" for purposes of this Act is the decision to approve | 11 | | or deny an application, or take other actions permitted under | 12 | | this Act, at the time and date of the meeting that such action | 13 | | is scheduled by the Board. State Board members shall provide | 14 | | their rationale when voting on an item before the State Board | 15 | | at a State Board meeting in order to comply with subsection (b) | 16 | | of Section 3-108 of the Administrative Review Law of the Code | 17 | | of Civil Procedure. The transcript of the State Board meeting | 18 | | shall be incorporated into the Board's final decision. The | 19 | | staff of the Board shall prepare a written copy of the final | 20 | | decision and the Board shall approve a final copy for inclusion | 21 | | in the formal record. The Board shall consider, for approval, | 22 | | the written draft of the final decision no later than the next | 23 | | scheduled Board meeting. The written decision shall identify | 24 | | the applicable criteria and factors listed in this Act and the | 25 | | Board's regulations that were taken into consideration by the | 26 | | Board when coming to a final decision. If the Board denies or |
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| 1 | | fails to approve an application for permit or exemption, the | 2 | | Board shall include in the final decision a detailed | 3 | | explanation as to why the application was denied and identify | 4 | | what specific criteria or standards the applicant did not | 5 | | fulfill. | 6 | | (12) Require at least one of its members to participate in | 7 | | any public hearing, after the appointment of a majority of the | 8 | | members to the Board. | 9 | | (13) Provide a mechanism for the public to comment on, and | 10 | | request changes to, draft rules and standards. | 11 | | (14) Implement public information campaigns to regularly | 12 | | inform the general public about the opportunity for public | 13 | | hearings and public hearing procedures. | 14 | | (15) Establish a separate set of rules and guidelines for | 15 | | long-term care that recognizes that nursing homes are a | 16 | | different business line and service model from other regulated | 17 | | facilities. An open and transparent process shall be developed | 18 | | that considers the following: how skilled nursing fits in the | 19 | | continuum of care with other care providers, modernization of | 20 | | nursing homes, establishment of more private rooms, | 21 | | development of alternative services, and current trends in | 22 | | long-term care services.
The Chairman of the Board shall | 23 | | appoint a permanent Health Services Review Board Long-term Care | 24 | | Facility Advisory Subcommittee that shall develop and | 25 | | recommend to the Board the rules to be established by the Board | 26 | | under this paragraph (15). The Subcommittee shall also provide |
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| 1 | | continuous review and commentary on policies and procedures | 2 | | relative to long-term care and the review of related projects. | 3 | | In consultation with other experts from the health field of | 4 | | long-term care, the Board and the Subcommittee shall study new | 5 | | approaches to the current bed need formula and Health Service | 6 | | Area boundaries to encourage flexibility and innovation in | 7 | | design models reflective of the changing long-term care | 8 | | marketplace and consumer preferences. The Subcommittee shall | 9 | | evaluate, and make recommendations to the State Board | 10 | | regarding, the buying, selling, and exchange of beds between | 11 | | long-term care facilities within a specified geographic area or | 12 | | drive time. The Board shall file the proposed related | 13 | | administrative rules for the separate rules and guidelines for | 14 | | long-term care required by this paragraph (15) by no later than | 15 | | September 30, 2011. The Subcommittee shall be provided a | 16 | | reasonable and timely opportunity to review and comment on any | 17 | | review, revision, or updating of the criteria, standards, | 18 | | procedures, and rules used to evaluate project applications as | 19 | | provided under Section 12.3 of this Act. | 20 | | (16) Prescribe and provide forms pertaining to the State | 21 | | Board Staff Report. A State Board Staff Report shall pertain to | 22 | | applications that include, but are not limited to, applications | 23 | | for permit or exemption, applications for permit renewal, | 24 | | applications for extension of the obligation period, | 25 | | applications requesting a declaratory ruling, or applications | 26 | | under the Health Care Worker Self Referral Act. State Board |
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| 1 | | Staff Reports shall compare applications to the relevant review | 2 | | criteria under the Board's rules. | 3 | | (Source: P.A. 97-38, eff. 6-28-11; 97-227, eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, | 4 | | eff. 7-13-12; 97-1045, eff. 8-21-13; 97-1115, eff. 8-27-12; | 5 | | 98-414, eff. 1-1-14; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
| 6 | | (20 ILCS 3960/12.2)
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019)
| 8 | | Sec. 12.2. Powers of the State Board staff. For purposes of | 9 | | this Act,
the staff shall exercise the following powers and | 10 | | duties:
| 11 | | (1) Review applications for permits and exemptions in | 12 | | accordance with the
standards, criteria, and plans of need | 13 | | established by the State Board under
this Act and certify its | 14 | | finding to the State Board.
| 15 | | (1.5) Post the following on the Board's web site: relevant | 16 | | (i)
rules,
(ii)
standards, (iii)
criteria, (iv) State norms, | 17 | | (v) references used by Board Agency staff in making
| 18 | | determinations about whether application criteria are met, and | 19 | | (vi) notices of
project-related filings, including notice of | 20 | | public comments related to the
application.
| 21 | | (2) Charge and collect an amount determined by the State | 22 | | Board and the staff to be
reasonable fees for the processing of | 23 | | applications by the State Board.
The State Board shall set the | 24 | | amounts by rule. Application fees for continuing care | 25 | | retirement communities, and other health care models that |
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| 1 | | include regulated and unregulated components, shall apply only | 2 | | to those components subject to regulation under this Act. All | 3 | | fees and fines
collected under the provisions of this Act shall | 4 | | be deposited
into the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Fund | 5 | | to be used for the
expenses of administering this Act.
| 6 | | (2.1) Publish the following reports on the State Board | 7 | | website: | 8 | | (A) An annual accounting, aggregated by category and | 9 | | with names of parties redacted, of fees, fines, and other | 10 | | revenue collected as well as expenses incurred, in the | 11 | | administration of this Act. | 12 | | (B) An annual report, with names of the parties | 13 | | redacted, that summarizes all settlement agreements | 14 | | entered into with the State Board that resolve an alleged | 15 | | instance of noncompliance with State Board requirements | 16 | | under this Act. | 17 | | (C) A monthly report that includes the status of | 18 | | applications and recommendations regarding updates to the | 19 | | standard, criteria, or the health plan as appropriate. | 20 | | (D) Board reports showing the degree to which an | 21 | | application conforms to the review standards, a summation | 22 | | of relevant public testimony, and any additional | 23 | | information that staff wants to communicate. | 24 | | (3) Coordinate with other State agencies having | 25 | | responsibilities
affecting
health care facilities, including | 26 | | the Center for Comprehensive Health Planning and those of |
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| 1 | | licensure and cost reporting.
| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 96-31, eff. 6-30-09.)
| 3 | | (20 ILCS 3960/12.5) | 4 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019)
| 5 | | Sec. 12.5. Update existing bed inventory and associated bed | 6 | | need projections. While the Task Force on Health Planning | 7 | | Reform will make long-term recommendations related to the | 8 | | method and formula for calculating the bed inventory and | 9 | | associated bed need projections, there is a current need for | 10 | | the bed inventory to be updated prior to the issuance of the | 11 | | recommendations of the Task Force. Therefore, the State Board | 12 | | Agency shall immediately update the existing bed inventory and | 13 | | associated bed need projections required by Sections 12 and | 14 | | 12.3 of this Act, using the most recently published historical | 15 | | utilization data, 5-year population projections, and an | 16 | | appropriate migration factor for the medical-surgical and | 17 | | pediatric category of service which shall be no less than 50%. | 18 | | The State Board Agency shall provide written documentation | 19 | | providing the methodology and rationale used to determine the | 20 | | appropriate migration factor.
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 97-1115, eff. 8-27-12.)
| 22 | | (20 ILCS 3960/13) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1163)
| 23 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019)
| 24 | | Sec. 13. Investigation of applications for permits and |
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| 1 | | certificates of
recognition. The Agency or the State Board | 2 | | shall make or cause to be made
such investigations as it or the | 3 | | State Board deems necessary in connection
with an application | 4 | | for a permit or an application for a certificate of
| 5 | | recognition, or in connection with a determination of whether | 6 | | or not
construction
or modification which has been commenced is | 7 | | in accord with the permit issued
by the State Board or whether | 8 | | construction or modification has been commenced
without a | 9 | | permit having been obtained. The State Board may issue | 10 | | subpoenas
duces tecum requiring the production of records and | 11 | | may administer oaths
to such witnesses.
| 12 | | Any circuit court of this State, upon the application of | 13 | | the State Board
or upon the application of any party to such | 14 | | proceedings, may, in its
discretion,
compel the attendance of | 15 | | witnesses, the production of books, papers, records,
or | 16 | | memoranda and the giving of testimony before the State Board, | 17 | | by a
proceeding
as for contempt, or otherwise, in the same | 18 | | manner as production of evidence
may be compelled before the | 19 | | court.
| 20 | | The State Board shall require all health facilities | 21 | | operating
in this State
to provide such reasonable reports at | 22 | | such times and containing such
information
as is needed by it | 23 | | to carry out the purposes and provisions of this Act.
Prior to | 24 | | collecting information from health facilities, the State Board
| 25 | | shall make reasonable efforts
through a public process to | 26 | | consult with health facilities and associations
that represent |
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| 1 | | them to determine
whether data and information requests will | 2 | | result in useful information for
health planning, whether
| 3 | | sufficient information is available from other sources, and | 4 | | whether data
requested is routinely collected
by health | 5 | | facilities and is available without retrospective record | 6 | | review. Data
and information requests
shall not impose undue | 7 | | paperwork burdens on health care facilities and
personnel.
| 8 | | Health facilities not complying with this requirement shall be | 9 | | reported
to licensing, accrediting, certifying, or payment | 10 | | agencies as being in
violation
of State law. Health care | 11 | | facilities and other parties at interest shall
have reasonable | 12 | | access, under rules established by the State Board, to all
| 13 | | planning information submitted in accord with this Act | 14 | | pertaining to their
area.
| 15 | | Among the reports to be required by the State Board are | 16 | | facility questionnaires for health care facilities licensed | 17 | | under the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act, the | 18 | | Hospital Licensing Act, the Nursing Home Care Act, the ID/DD | 19 | | Community Care Act, the Specialized Mental Health | 20 | | Rehabilitation Act, or the End Stage Renal Disease Facility | 21 | | Act. These questionnaires shall be conducted on an annual basis | 22 | | and compiled by the State Board Agency . For health care | 23 | | facilities licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act or the | 24 | | Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act, these reports | 25 | | shall include, but not be limited to, the identification of | 26 | | specialty services provided by the facility to patients, |
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| 1 | | residents, and the community at large. Annual reports for | 2 | | facilities licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act shall be | 3 | | different from the annual reports required of other health care | 4 | | facilities and shall be specific to those facilities licensed | 5 | | under the ID/DD Community Care Act. The Health Facilities and | 6 | | Services Review Board shall consult with associations | 7 | | representing facilities licensed under the ID/DD Community | 8 | | Care Act when developing the information requested in these | 9 | | annual reports. For health care facilities that contain long | 10 | | term care beds, the reports shall also include the number of | 11 | | staffed long term care beds, physical capacity for long term | 12 | | care beds at the facility, and long term care beds available | 13 | | for immediate occupancy. For purposes of this paragraph, "long | 14 | | term care beds" means beds
(i) licensed under the Nursing Home | 15 | | Care Act, (ii) licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act, | 16 | | (iii) licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act, or (iv) | 17 | | licensed under the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation | 18 | | Act and certified as skilled nursing or nursing facility beds | 19 | | under Medicaid or Medicare.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 96-339, eff. 7-1-10; 97-38, eff. 6-28-11; 97-227, | 21 | | eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 97-980, eff. 8-17-12.)
| 22 | | (20 ILCS 3960/15) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1165)
| 23 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019)
| 24 | | Sec. 15.
Notwithstanding the existence or pursuit of any | 25 | | other remedy,
the State Board or the Agency may, in the manner |
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| 1 | | provided by law, upon the
advice of the Attorney
General who | 2 | | shall represent the State Board or the Agency in the
| 3 | | proceedings, maintain an action
in the name of the State for | 4 | | injunction or other process against any person
or governmental | 5 | | unit to restrain or prevent the acquisition of major medical
| 6 | | equipment, or the establishment, construction or modification | 7 | | of a health
care facility without the required permit, or to | 8 | | restrain or prevent the
occupancy or utilization of the | 9 | | equipment acquired or facility which was
constructed or | 10 | | modified without the required permit.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 89-276, eff. 8-10-95 .)
| 12 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 13 | | becoming law.
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Statutes amended in order of appearance
| | 3 | | 20 ILCS 3960/3 | from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1153 | | 4 | | 20 ILCS 3960/5.3 | | | 5 | | 20 ILCS 3960/5.4 | | | 6 | | 20 ILCS 3960/6.2 | | | 7 | | 20 ILCS 3960/8.5 | | | 8 | | 20 ILCS 3960/10 | from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1160 | | 9 | | 20 ILCS 3960/11 | from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1161 | | 10 | | 20 ILCS 3960/12 | from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1162 | | 11 | | 20 ILCS 3960/12.2 | | | 12 | | 20 ILCS 3960/12.5 | | | 13 | | 20 ILCS 3960/13 | from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1163 | | 14 | | 20 ILCS 3960/15 | from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1165 |
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