93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4721

 

Introduced 02/04/04, by David R. Leitch

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 85/4.6

    Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning additional licensing requirements.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning hospitals.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by
5 changing Section 4.6 as follows:
 
6     (210 ILCS 85/4.6)
7     Sec. 4.6. Additional licensing requirements.
8     (a) Notwithstanding any other law or rule to the contrary,
9 the Department may license as a hospital a building that (i) is
10 owned or operated by a hospital licensed under this Act, (ii)
11 is located in a municipality with a population of less than
12 60,000, and (iii) includes a postsurgical recovery care center
13 licensed under the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act for a
14 period of not less than 2 years, an ambulatory surgical
15 treatment center licensed under the Ambulatory Surgical
16 Treatment Center Act, and a Freestanding Emergency Center
17 licensed under the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems
18 Act. Only the components of the building which are currently
19 licensed shall be eligible under the provisions of this
20 Section.
21     (b) Before Prior to issuing a license, the Department shall
22 inspect the facility and require the facility to meet such of
23 the Department's rules relating to the establishment of
24 hospitals as the Department determines are appropriate to such
25 facility. Once the Department approves the facility and issues
26 a hospital license, all other licenses as listed in subsection
27 (a) above shall be null and void.
28     (c) Only one license may be issued under the authority of
29 this Section. No license may be issued after 18 months after
30 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General
31 Assembly.
32 (Source: P.A. 91-736, eff. 6-2-00.)