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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 hospital within the county | ||||||
16 | under a single license if the distance between each hospital to | ||||||
17 | be combined under one license is no more than one-half mile and | ||||||
18 | both hospitals were operated by a single health system on | ||||||
19 | January 1, 2008. | ||||||
20 | (b) The facilities or buildings at those locations must be | ||||||
21 | owned or
operated together by a single corporation or other | ||||||
22 | legal entity serving as the
licensee and must share:
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23 | (1) a single board of directors with responsibility for |
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1 | governance,
including financial oversight and the | ||||||
2 | authority to designate or remove the
chief executive | ||||||
3 | officer;
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4 | (2) a single medical staff accountable to the board of | ||||||
5 | directors and
governed by a single set of medical staff | ||||||
6 | bylaws, rules, and regulations with
responsibility for the | ||||||
7 | quality of the medical services; and
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8 | (3) a single chief executive officer, accountable to | ||||||
9 | the board of
directors, with management responsibility.
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10 | (c) Each hospital building or facility that is located on a | ||||||
11 | site
geographically separate from the campus or premises of | ||||||
12 | another hospital
building or facility operated by the licensee | ||||||
13 | must, at a minimum, individually
comply with the Department's | ||||||
14 | hospital licensing requirements for emergency
services.
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15 | (d) The hospital shall submit to the Department a | ||||||
16 | comprehensive plan in
relation to the waiver or waivers | ||||||
17 | requested
describing the services and operations of each | ||||||
18 | facility or building and how
common services or operations will | ||||||
19 | be coordinated between the various
locations. With the | ||||||
20 | exception of items required by subsection (c), the
Department | ||||||
21 | is authorized to waive compliance with the hospital
licensing | ||||||
22 | requirements for specific buildings or facilities, provided | ||||||
23 | that the
hospital has documented which other building or | ||||||
24 | facility under its single
license provides that service or | ||||||
25 | operation, and that doing so would not
endanger the public's | ||||||
26 | health, safety, or welfare. Nothing in this Section
relieves a |
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1 | hospital from the requirements of the Health Facilities | ||||||
2 | Planning
Act.
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3 | (e) Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that | ||||||
4 | may exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head | ||||||
5 | under the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to | ||||||
6 | make or promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions | ||||||
7 | of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If, | ||||||
8 | however, the Governor believes that rules are necessary to | ||||||
9 | implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
10 | the 95th General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to | ||||||
11 | the General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House | ||||||
12 | and Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the General | ||||||
13 | Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those | ||||||
14 | suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action | ||||||
15 | in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this | ||||||
16 | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be | ||||||
17 | interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other | ||||||
18 | Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise | ||||||
19 | explicitly given. For the purposes of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
20 | the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning | ||||||
21 | contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative | ||||||
22 | Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the | ||||||
23 | meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois | ||||||
24 | Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such | ||||||
25 | definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the | ||||||
26 | jurisdiction of the Governor. |
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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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