100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB2693
 
Introduced , by Rep. Gregory Harris
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
30 ILCS 105/5.878 new
110 ILCS 330/8.5 new

     Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act. Creates the Cardiac Arrest Data Collection Fund and makes a corresponding change in the State Finance Act.  Provides that all moneys in the Fund shall be used by the  University of Illinois Hospital to support statewide quality improvement efforts to address disparities in cardiac arrest care. Provides that all eligible hospitals in the State shall pay an annual fee of $3,500 that shall be deposited into the Fund. Defines "eligible hospital" to mean a hospital operated under the University of Illinois Hospital Act or licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act that receives reimbursement from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Provides that the University of Illinois Hospital shall use the moneys in the Fund for specified purposes.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding 
5Section 5.878 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/5.878 new)
7    Sec. 5.878. The Cardiac Arrest Data Collection Fund.
 
8    Section 10. The University of Illinois Hospital Act is 
9amended by adding Section 8.5 as follows:
 
10    (110 ILCS 330/8.5 new)
11    Sec. 8.5. Cardiac Arrest Data Collection Fund.
12    (a) As used in this Section, "eligible hospital" means a 
13hospital operated under the University of Illinois Hospital Act 
14or licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act that receives 
15reimbursement from the federal Centers for Medicare and 
16Medicaid Services. 
17    (b) The Cardiac Arrest Data Collection Fund is created as a 
18special fund in the State treasury. All moneys in the Fund 
19shall be used by the University of Illinois Hospital to  support 
20statewide quality improvement efforts to address disparities 
21in cardiac arrest care, including for the following purposes:
 
 
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1        (1) to support the analysis and distribution of data 
2    from eligible hospitals as reported to the Cardiac Arrest 
3    Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES) or another equivalent 
4    registry;
5        (2) to provide eligible hospitals and emergency 
6    management systems (EMS) with annual de-identified data to 
7    use for ongoing quality assurance; and
8        (3) to provide hospitals, emergency management systems 
9    (EMS), and community organizations with technical 
10    assistance for the purpose of identifying how to improve 
11    cardiac arrest survival rates.
12    (c) All eligible hospitals in the State shall pay an annual 
13fee of $3,500 that shall be deposited into the Fund.