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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 563
2 AMENDMENT NO. ____. Amend Senate Bill 563 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT to amend the Hospital Licensing Act."; and
5 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
6 following:
7 "Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by
8 adding Section 4.6 as follows:
9 (210 ILCS 85/4.6 new)
10 Sec. 4.6. Additional licensing requirements.
11 (a) Notwithstanding any other law or rule to the
12 contrary, the Department shall license as a hospital a
13 building that (i) is owned or operated by a hospital licensed
14 under this Act, (ii) is located in a municipality with a
15 population of less than 60,000, and (iii) includes a
16 postsurgical recovery care center licensed under the
17 Alternative Health Care Delivery Act for a period of not
18 less than 2 years, an ambulatory surgical treatment center
19 licensed under the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act,
20 and a Freestanding Emergency Center licensed under the
21 Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Only the
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1 components of the building which are currently licensed shall
2 be eligible under the provisions of this Section.
3 (b) Prior to issuing a license, the Department shall
4 inspect the facility and require the facility to meet such
5 of the Department's rules relating to the establishment of
6 hospitals as the Department determines are appropriate to
7 such facility. Once the Department approves the facility and
8 issues a hospital license, all other licenses as listed in
9 subsection (a) above shall be null and void.
10 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11 becoming law.".