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Health Care Availability and Access Committee
Filed: 02/24/04
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LRB093 18037 DRJ 47936 a |
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4980
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4980 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act is |
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| amended by adding Section 12.4 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 3960/12.4 new)
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| Sec. 12.4. Hospital reduction in health care services; |
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| notice. If a hospital reduces any of the Categories of Service |
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| as outlined in Title 77, Chapter II, Part 1110 in the Illinois |
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| Administrative Code, or any other service as defined by rule by |
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| the State Board, by 50% or more according to rules adopted by |
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| the State Board, then within 30 days after reducing the |
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| service, the hospital must give written notice of the reduction |
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| in service to the State Board, the Department of Public Health, |
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| and the State Senator and 2 State Representatives serving the |
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| legislative district in which the hospital is located. The |
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| State Board shall adopt rules to implement this Section, |
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| including rules that specify (i) how each health care service |
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| is defined, if not already defined in the State Board's rules, |
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| and (ii) what constitutes a reduction in service of 50% or |
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| more.".
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