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Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
Filed: 5/20/2021
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1539
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1539, AS AMENDED, |
| 3 | | with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No. |
| 4 | | 1, by replacing line 6 on page 1 through line 16 on page 2 with |
| 5 | | the following:
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| 6 | | "(20 ILCS 3960/3.6 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 3.6. Facilities maintained or operated by a State |
| 8 | | agency. |
| 9 | | (a) For the purposes of this Section, "Department" means |
| 10 | | the Department of Veterans' Affairs. |
| 11 | | (b) Except for the requirements set forth in subsection |
| 12 | | (c), any construction, modification, establishment, or change |
| 13 | | in categories of service of a health care facility funded |
| 14 | | through an appropriation from the General Assembly and |
| 15 | | maintained or operated by the Department is not subject to |
| 16 | | requirements of this Act. The Department is subject to this |
| 17 | | Act when the Department discontinues a health care facility or |
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| 1 | | category of service. |
| 2 | | (c) The Department must notify the Board in writing of any |
| 3 | | appropriation by the General Assembly for the construction, |
| 4 | | modification, establishment or change in categories of |
| 5 | | service, excluding discontinuation of a health care facility |
| 6 | | or categories of service, maintained or operated by the |
| 7 | | Department of Veterans' Affairs. The Department Veterans' |
| 8 | | Affairs must include with the written notification the |
| 9 | | following information: (i) the estimated service capacity of |
| 10 | | the health care facility; (ii) the location of the project or |
| 11 | | the intended location if not identified by law; and (iii) the |
| 12 | | date the health care facility is estimated to be opened. The |
| 13 | | Department must also notify the Board in writing when the |
| 14 | | facility has been licensed by the Department of Public Health |
| 15 | | or any other licensing body. The Department shall submit to |
| 16 | | the Board, on behalf of the health care facility, any annual |
| 17 | | facility questionnaires as defined in Section 13 of this Act |
| 18 | | or any requests for information by the Board. |
| 19 | | (d) This Section is repealed 5 years after the effective |
| 20 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.".
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