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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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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 | Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 4.5 as follows:
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6 | (210 ILCS 85/4.5)
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7 | Sec. 4.5. Hospital with multiple locations; single | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | license.
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9 | (a) A hospital located in a county with fewer than | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | 3,000,000 inhabitants may
apply to the Department for approval | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | to conduct its operations from more than
one location within | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | the county under a single license.
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13 | (a-5) A hospital located in a county with 3,000,000 or more | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | inhabitants may apply to the Department for approval to conduct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | its operations from more than one location within the county | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | under a single license if the distance between each location to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | be combined under one license is no more than one mile. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | (b) The facilities or buildings at those locations must be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | owned or
operated together by a single corporation or other | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | legal entity serving as the
licensee and must share:
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21 | (1) a single board of directors with responsibility for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | governance,
including financial oversight and the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | authority to designate or remove the
chief executive |
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1 | officer;
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2 | (2) a single medical staff accountable to the board of | ||||||
3 | directors and
governed by a single set of medical staff | ||||||
4 | bylaws, rules, and regulations with
responsibility for the | ||||||
5 | quality of the medical services; and
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6 | (3) a single chief executive officer, accountable to | ||||||
7 | the board of
directors, with management responsibility.
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8 | (c) Each hospital building or facility that is located on a | ||||||
9 | site
geographically separate from the campus or premises of | ||||||
10 | another hospital
building or facility operated by the licensee | ||||||
11 | must, at a minimum, individually
comply with the Department's | ||||||
12 | hospital licensing requirements for emergency
services.
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13 | (d) The hospital shall submit to the Department a | ||||||
14 | comprehensive plan in
relation to the waiver or waivers | ||||||
15 | requested
describing the services and operations of each | ||||||
16 | facility or building and how
common services or operations will | ||||||
17 | be coordinated between the various
locations. With the | ||||||
18 | exception of items required by subsection (c), the
Department | ||||||
19 | is authorized to waive compliance with the hospital
licensing | ||||||
20 | requirements for specific buildings or facilities, provided | ||||||
21 | that the
hospital has documented which other building or | ||||||
22 | facility under its single
license provides that service or | ||||||
23 | operation, and that doing so would not
endanger the public's | ||||||
24 | health, safety, or welfare. Nothing in this Section
relieves a | ||||||
25 | hospital from the requirements of the Health Facilities | ||||||
26 | Planning
Act.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 89-171, eff. 7-19-95.)
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2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
3 | becoming law.
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