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91_HB2215
LRB9104982ACtm
1 AN ACT to amend the Hospital Licensing Act.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by
5 adding Section 9.2 as follows:
6 (210 ILCS 85/9.2 new)
7 Sec. 9.2. Hospital Inspection Consolidation and
8 Improvement Task Force.
9 (a) There is established the Hospital Inspection
10 Consolidation and Improvement Task Force. The task force
11 shall perform a study to determine the feasibility of
12 consolidating the hospital inspection efforts of the various
13 departments of State government and any other public or
14 private agencies that inspect hospitals. The task force shall
15 (i) study the most economical and effective means of
16 consolidating hospital inspections to meet the needs of all
17 agencies, (ii) study the feasibility of developing one set of
18 consistent rules to be applied to hospitals, and (iii)
19 identify methods for improving consistency in the
20 interpretation and application of inspection standards by
21 individual inspectors and surveyors. The task force shall
22 issue its report to the Governor and the General Assembly by
23 January 1, 2000.
24 (b) The Director of the Department of Public Health or
25 his designee shall serve as chair of the task force. The
26 directors of other State agencies that inspect hospitals or
27 their designees shall also serve on the task force.
28 Representatives of federal agencies and private organizations
29 that inspect hospitals shall also be invited to serve on the
30 task force, as well as representatives of the Illinois
31 Hospital & Health Systems Association and members of the
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1 public. Members of the task force shall serve without
2 compensation and shall use existing staff of the Department
3 of Public Health to produce their findings and
4 recommendations.
5 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6 becoming law.