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| 1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 5.755 as follows:
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| 6 | (30 ILCS 105/5.755 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sec. 5.755. The Improved Access to Health Care Fund.
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| 8 | Section 10. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | changing Section 6 as follows:
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| 10 | (210 ILCS 85/6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 147)
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| 11 | Sec. 6.
(a) Upon receipt of an application for a permit to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | establish
a hospital the Director shall issue a permit if he | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | finds (1) that the
applicant is fit, willing, and able to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | provide a proper standard of
hospital service for the community | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | with particular regard to the
qualification, background, and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | character of the applicant, (2) that the
financial resources | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | available to the applicant demonstrate an ability to
construct, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | maintain, and operate a hospital in accordance with the
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| 19 | standards, rules, and regulations adopted pursuant to this Act, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | and (3)
that safeguards are provided which assure hospital | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | operation and
maintenance consistent with the public interest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | having particular regard
to safe, adequate, and efficient | ||||||
| 2 | hospital facilities and services.
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| 3 | The Director may request the cooperation of county and
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| 4 | multiple-county health departments, municipal boards of | ||||||
| 5 | health, and
other governmental and non-governmental agencies | ||||||
| 6 | in obtaining
information and in conducting investigations | ||||||
| 7 | relating to such
applications.
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| 8 | A permit to establish a hospital shall be valid only for | ||||||
| 9 | the premises
and person named in the application for such | ||||||
| 10 | permit and shall not be
transferable or assignable.
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| 11 | In the event the Director issues a permit to establish a | ||||||
| 12 | hospital the
applicant shall thereafter submit plans and | ||||||
| 13 | specifications to the
Department in accordance with Section 8 | ||||||
| 14 | of this Act.
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| 15 | (b) Upon receipt of an application for license to open, | ||||||
| 16 | conduct,
operate, and maintain a hospital, the Director shall | ||||||
| 17 | issue a license if
he finds the applicant and the hospital | ||||||
| 18 | facilities comply with
standards, rules, and regulations | ||||||
| 19 | promulgated under this Act. A license,
unless sooner suspended | ||||||
| 20 | or revoked, shall be renewable annually upon
approval by the | ||||||
| 21 | Department. Each license shall be issued only for the
premises | ||||||
| 22 | and persons named in the application and shall not be
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| 23 | transferable or assignable. Licenses shall be posted in a | ||||||
| 24 | conspicuous
place on the licensed premises. The Department may, | ||||||
| 25 | either before or
after the issuance of a license, request the | ||||||
| 26 | cooperation of the State Fire
Marshal, county
and multiple | ||||||
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| 1 | county health departments, or municipal boards of health to
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| 2 | make investigations to determine if the applicant or licensee | ||||||
| 3 | is
complying with the minimum standards prescribed by the | ||||||
| 4 | Department. The
report and recommendations of any such agency | ||||||
| 5 | shall be in writing and
shall state with particularity its | ||||||
| 6 | findings with respect to compliance
or noncompliance with such | ||||||
| 7 | minimum standards, rules, and regulations.
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| 8 | The Director may issue a provisional license to any | ||||||
| 9 | hospital which
does not substantially comply with the | ||||||
| 10 | provisions of this Act and the
standards, rules, and | ||||||
| 11 | regulations promulgated by virtue thereof provided
that he | ||||||
| 12 | finds that such hospital has undertaken changes and corrections
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| 13 | which upon completion will render the hospital in substantial | ||||||
| 14 | compliance
with the provisions of this Act, and the standards, | ||||||
| 15 | rules, and
regulations adopted hereunder, and provided that the | ||||||
| 16 | health and safety
of the patients of the hospital will be | ||||||
| 17 | protected during the period for
which such provisional license | ||||||
| 18 | is issued. The Director shall advise the
licensee of the | ||||||
| 19 | conditions under which such provisional license is
issued, | ||||||
| 20 | including the manner in which the hospital facilities fail to
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| 21 | comply with the provisions of the Act, standards, rules, and
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| 22 | regulations, and the time within which the changes and | ||||||
| 23 | corrections
necessary for such hospital facilities to | ||||||
| 24 | substantially comply with this
Act, and the standards, rules, | ||||||
| 25 | and regulations of the Department
relating thereto shall be | ||||||
| 26 | completed.
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| 1 | (c) Applicants for a license to open, conduct, and maintain | ||||||
| 2 | a hospital shall be required to pay an initial licensing fee of | ||||||
| 3 | no less than $1,000 and an annual renewal fee of no less than | ||||||
| 4 | $300. Any hospital facility or licensee that has permitted its | ||||||
| 5 | license to lapse or that fails to pay the annual renewal fee | ||||||
| 6 | within a timeframe established by the Department shall pay a | ||||||
| 7 | restoration fee of no less than $100 and a lapsed renewal fee | ||||||
| 8 | not to exceed $600. All fees collected pursuant to this | ||||||
| 9 | subsection shall be deposited into the Improved Access to | ||||||
| 10 | Health Care Fund, a special fund created in the State treasury. | ||||||
| 11 | Money contained in or credited to the fund shall be used for | ||||||
| 12 | improving access to health care. | ||||||
| 13 | (Source: P.A. 80-56.)
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| 14 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 15 | becoming law.
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