Illinois Senate Bill 1677 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 20 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-20 - Referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Provides that the term "health care facilities" does not include a facility licensed as a hospital under the Hospital Licensing Act that reopens under new ownership at the same location within 36 months of the facility's closure. Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that any hospital that has closed for any reason, except for license revocation by the Department of Public Health for failure to comply with the Act, may reopen under new ownership or management, or both, within 3 years of its closing date without reapplying for a license under the Act if the facility is reopening at the same location and in the same physical structure. Effective immediately.

HOSPITAL-CLOSURE AND REOPENING

Sen. Patricia Van Pelt [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-20	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2015-02-20	Senate	First Reading
2015-02-20	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Patricia Van Pelt

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
20	3960	3	Amended Code	Citation Text
210	85	4	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1677&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=88&GA=99
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/SB/09900SB1677.htm