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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 | (20 ILCS 4050/7 rep.) | ||||||
| 5 | Section 5. The Hospital Basic Services Preservation Act is | ||||||
| 6 | amended by repealing Section 7. | ||||||
| 7 | Section 10. The Hospital Basic Services Preservation Act is | ||||||
| 8 | amended by changing Section 15 and by adding Section 7.5 as | ||||||
| 9 | follows: | ||||||
| 10 | (20 ILCS 4050/7.5 new) | ||||||
| 11 | Sec. 7.5. Dissolution of Hospital Basic Services Review | ||||||
| 12 | Board; transfer provisions. | ||||||
| 13 | (a) The Hospital Basic Services Review Board is dissolved. | ||||||
| 14 | The Health Facilities and Services Review Board shall succeed | ||||||
| 15 | to all of the powers, duties, rights, and property, including | ||||||
| 16 | contractual rights and obligations, of the Hospital Basic | ||||||
| 17 | Services Review Board. Rules, procedures, and decisions of the | ||||||
| 18 | Hospital Basic Services Review Board in effect at the time of | ||||||
| 19 | its dissolution shall be deemed to be those of the Health | ||||||
| 20 | Facilities and Services Review Board. Matters pending before | ||||||
| 21 | the Hospital Basic Services Review Board at the time of its | ||||||
| 22 | dissolution shall continue as matters before the Health | ||||||
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| 1 | Facilities and Services Review Board. The Health Facilities and | ||||||
| 2 | Services Review Board shall be deemed successor in interest to | ||||||
| 3 | the Hospital Basic Services Review Board for the purposes of | ||||||
| 4 | any pending litigation. | ||||||
| 5 | (b) Any remaining appropriations available for use by the | ||||||
| 6 | Hospital Basic Services Review Board at the time of its | ||||||
| 7 | dissolution may be expended by the Health Facilities and | ||||||
| 8 | Services Review Board. | ||||||
| 9 | (c) Persons employed by the Hospital Basic Services Review | ||||||
| 10 | Board on the date of its dissolution shall thereupon become | ||||||
| 11 | employees of the Health Facilities and Services Review Board | ||||||
| 12 | without loss of seniority or accrued benefits. | ||||||
| 13 | (20 ILCS 4050/15)
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| 14 | (For Act Repeal see Section 30) | ||||||
| 15 | Sec. 15. Basic services loans. | ||||||
| 16 | (a) Essential community hospitals seeking | ||||||
| 17 | collateralization of loans under this Act must apply to the | ||||||
| 18 | Health Facilities and Services Review Board on a form | ||||||
| 19 | prescribed by the Health Facilities and Services Review Board | ||||||
| 20 | by rule. The Health Facilities and Services Review Board shall | ||||||
| 21 | review the application and, if it approves the applicant's | ||||||
| 22 | plan, shall forward the application and its approval to the | ||||||
| 23 | Hospital Basic Services Review Board. | ||||||
| 24 | (b) Upon review receipt of the applicant's application and | ||||||
| 25 | approval from the Health Facilities and Services Review Board, | ||||||
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| 1 | the Health Facilities and Services Review Board Hospital Basic | ||||||
| 2 | Services Review Board shall request from the applicant and the | ||||||
| 3 | applicant shall submit to the Health Facilities and Services | ||||||
| 4 | Review Board Hospital Basic Services Review Board all of the | ||||||
| 5 | following information: | ||||||
| 6 | (1) A copy of the hospital's last audited financial | ||||||
| 7 | statement. | ||||||
| 8 | (2) The percentage of the hospital's patients each year | ||||||
| 9 | who are Medicaid patients. | ||||||
| 10 | (3) The percentage of the hospital's patients each year | ||||||
| 11 | who are Medicare patients. | ||||||
| 12 | (4) The percentage of the hospital's patients each year | ||||||
| 13 | who are uninsured. | ||||||
| 14 | (5) The percentage of services provided by the hospital | ||||||
| 15 | each year for which the hospital expected payment but for | ||||||
| 16 | which no payment was received. | ||||||
| 17 | (6) Any other information required by the Health | ||||||
| 18 | Facilities and Services Review Board Hospital Basic | ||||||
| 19 | Services Review Board by rule. | ||||||
| 20 | The Health Facilities and Services Review Board Hospital Basic | ||||||
| 21 | Services Review Board shall review the applicant's original | ||||||
| 22 | application, the approval of the Health Facilities and Services | ||||||
| 23 | Review Board, and the information provided by the applicant to | ||||||
| 24 | the Health Facilities and Services Review Board Hospital Basic | ||||||
| 25 | Services Review Board under this Section and make a | ||||||
| 26 | recommendation to the State Treasurer to accept or deny the | ||||||
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| 1 | application. | ||||||
| 2 | (c) If the Health Facilities and Services Review Board | ||||||
| 3 | Hospital Basic Services Review Board recommends that the | ||||||
| 4 | application be accepted, the State Treasurer may collateralize | ||||||
| 5 | the applicant's basic service loan for eligible expenses | ||||||
| 6 | related to completing, attaining, or upgrading basic services, | ||||||
| 7 | including, but not limited to, delivery, installation, staff | ||||||
| 8 | training, and other eligible expenses as defined by the State | ||||||
| 9 | Treasurer by rule. The total cost for any one project to be | ||||||
| 10 | undertaken by the applicants shall not exceed $10,000,000 and | ||||||
| 11 | the amount of each basic services loan collateralized under | ||||||
| 12 | this Act shall not exceed $5,000,000. Expenditures related to | ||||||
| 13 | basic service loans shall not exceed the amount available in | ||||||
| 14 | the Fund necessary to collateralize the loans. The terms of any | ||||||
| 15 | basic services loan collateralized under this Act must be | ||||||
| 16 | approved by the State Treasurer in accordance with standards | ||||||
| 17 | established by the State Treasurer by rule.
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| 18 | (Source: P.A. 96-31, eff. 6-30-09.)
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