SB0168ham001 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch

Filed: 3/15/2021

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 168

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 168 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act is amended by adding Section 8.9 as follows:

(20 ILCS 3960/8.9 new)

Sec. 8.9. Re-establishing discontinued general acute care hospital. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a party seeking to re-establish a previously discontinued general acute care hospital under this Act shall be authorized to file a certificate of exemption under the Act if the following conditions are met:

(1) the previously discontinued general acute care hospital was a safety net hospital, as defined pursuant to Section 5-5e.1 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, at the time the Review Board approved the closure of the previously discontinued general acute care hospital;

(2) the previously discontinued general acute care hospital surrendered its general acute hospital license to the Department of Public Health between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2020;

(3) the certificate of exemption seeks to re-establish the same number of total licensed beds as were previously licensed by the Department of Public Health at the previously discontinued general acute care hospital;

(4) the party seeking to re-establish a previously discontinued general acute care hospital commits to spend at least $20,000,000 to re-establish the previously discontinued general acute care hospital, which would include the cost of land acquisition, building acquisition, new construction, and new equipment;

(5) the party seeking to re-establish a previously discontinued general acute care hospital will adopt and maintain for at least a period of 2 years a charity care policy that is no less restrictive than was in place at the previously discontinued general acute care hospital;

(6) the party seeking to re-establish a previously discontinued general acute care hospital will accept Medicaid and Medicaid managed care patients; and

(7) the party seeking to re-establish a previously discontinued general acute care hospital will agree to maintain ownership of the re-established general acute care hospital for no less than 5 years after the re-established general acute care hospital has been issued a new general acute care hospital license from the Department of Public Health.

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