Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
Filed: 2/28/2006
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2436




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2436 on page 1, 
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line 5, by replacing "Section 12" with "Sections 12 and 13"; 
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and

 
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on page 4, immediately below line 5, by inserting the 
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following:
 



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    "(20 ILCS 3960/13)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1163)



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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2006)

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    Sec. 13. Investigation of applications for permits and 
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certificates of
recognition. The Agency or the State Board 
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shall make or cause to be made
such investigations as it or the 
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State Board deems necessary in connection
with an application 
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for a permit or an application for a certificate of

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recognition, or in connection with a determination of whether 
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or not
construction
or modification which has been commenced is 
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in accord with the permit issued
by the State Board or whether 
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construction or modification has been commenced
without a 
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permit having been obtained.  The State Board may issue 
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subpoenas
duces tecum requiring the production of records and 
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may administer oaths
to such witnesses.

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    Any circuit court of this State, upon the application of 
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the State Board
or upon the application of any party to such 
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proceedings, may, in its
discretion,
compel the attendance of 
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witnesses, the production of books, papers, records,
or 
 


 






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memoranda and the giving of testimony before the State Board, 
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by a
proceeding
as for contempt, or otherwise, in the same 
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manner as production of evidence
may be compelled before the 
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court.

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    The State Board shall require all health facilities 
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operating
in this State
to provide such reasonable reports at 
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such times and containing such
information
as is needed by it 
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to carry out the purposes and provisions of this Act.
 Prior to 
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collecting information from health facilities, the State Board

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shall make reasonable efforts
through a public process to 
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consult with health facilities and associations
that represent 
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them to determine
whether data and information requests will 
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result in useful information for
health planning, whether

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sufficient information is available from other sources, and 
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whether data
requested is routinely collected
by health 
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facilities and is available without retrospective record 
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review. Data
and information requests
shall not impose undue 
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paperwork burdens on health care facilities and
personnel.
 
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Health facilities not complying with this requirement shall be 
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reported
to licensing, accrediting, certifying, or payment 
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agencies as being in
violation
of State law. Health care 
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facilities and other parties at interest shall
have reasonable 
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access, under rules established by the State Board, to all

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planning information submitted in accord with this Act 
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pertaining to their
area.

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    Among the reports to be required by the State Board are 
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facility questionnaires for health care facilities licensed 
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under the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act, the 
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Hospital Licensing Act, the Nursing Home Care Act, or the End 
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Stage Renal Disease Facility Act. These questionnaires shall be 
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conducted on an annual basis and compiled by the Agency. For 
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health care facilities licensed under the Nursing Home Care 
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Act, these reports shall include, but not be limited to, the 
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identification of specialty services provided by the facility 
 


 






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to patients, residents, and the community at large. For health 
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care facilities that contain beds, the reports shall also 
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include the number of staffed beds, physical capacity for beds 
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at the facility, and beds available for immediate occupancy.

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(Source: P.A. 93-41, eff. 6-27-03.)".