SB2469 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2469

Introduced 2/15/2008, by Sen. Bill Brady - Pamela J. Althoff

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 3960/12

from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1162

Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Provides that the Health Facilities Planning Board must create a 3-member rules revision subcommittee. Provides that at least one member of the Health Facilities Planning Board must be present at any public hearing during which public testimony is given in support of or in opposition to a certificate of need or a certificate of exemption. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act is amended by changing Section 12 as follows:

(20 ILCS 3960/12) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1162)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on August 31, 2008)

Sec. 12. Powers and duties of State Board. For purposes of this Act, the State Board shall exercise the following powers and duties:

(1) Prescribe rules, regulations, standards, criteria, procedures or reviews which may vary according to the purpose for which a particular review is being conducted or the type of project reviewed and which are required to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Act.

(2) Adopt procedures for public notice and hearing on all proposed rules, regulations, standards, criteria, and plans required to carry out the provisions of this Act.

(3) Prescribe criteria for recognition for areawide health planning organizations, including, but not limited to, standards for evaluating the scientific bases for judgments on need and procedure for making these determinations.

(4) Develop criteria and standards for health care facilities planning, conduct statewide inventories of health care facilities, maintain an updated inventory on the Department's web site reflecting the most recent bed and service changes and updated need determinations when new census data become available or new need formulae are adopted, and develop health care facility plans which shall be utilized in the review of applications for permit under this Act. Such health facility plans shall be coordinated by the Agency with the health care facility plans areawide health planning organizations and with other pertinent State Plans. Inventories pursuant to this Section of skilled or intermediate care facilities licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act or nursing homes licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act shall be conducted on an annual basis no later than July 1 of each year and shall include among the information requested a list of all services provided by a facility to its residents and to the community at large and differentiate between active and inactive beds.

In developing health care facility plans, the State Board shall consider, but shall not be limited to, the following:

(a) The size, composition and growth of the population of the area to be served;

(b) The number of existing and planned facilities offering similar programs;

(c) The extent of utilization of existing facilities;

(d) The availability of facilities which may serve as alternatives or substitutes;

(e) The availability of personnel necessary to the operation of the facility;

(f) Multi-institutional planning and the establishment of multi-institutional systems where feasible;

(g) The financial and economic feasibility of proposed construction or modification; and

(h) In the case of health care facilities established by a religious body or denomination, the needs of the members of such religious body or denomination may be considered to be public need.

The health care facility plans which are developed and adopted in accordance with this Section shall form the basis for the plan of the State to deal most effectively with statewide health needs in regard to health care facilities.

(5) Coordinate with other state agencies having responsibilities affecting health care facilities, including those of licensure and cost reporting.

(6) Solicit, accept, hold and administer on behalf of the State any grants or bequests of money, securities or property for use by the State Board or recognized areawide health planning organizations in the administration of this Act; and enter into contracts consistent with the appropriations for purposes enumerated in this Act.

(7) The State Board shall prescribe, in consultation with the recognized areawide health planning organizations, procedures for review, standards, and criteria which shall be utilized to make periodic areawide reviews and determinations of the appropriateness of any existing health services being rendered by health care facilities subject to the Act. The State Board shall consider recommendations of the areawide health planning organization and the Agency in making its determinations.

(8) Prescribe, in consultation with the recognized areawide health planning organizations, rules, regulations, standards, and criteria for the conduct of an expeditious review of applications for permits for projects of construction or modification of a health care facility, which projects are non-substantive in nature. Such rules shall not abridge the right of areawide health planning organizations to make recommendations on the classification and approval of projects, nor shall such rules prevent the conduct of a public hearing upon the timely request of an interested party. Such reviews shall not exceed 60 days from the date the application is declared to be complete by the Agency.

(9) Prescribe rules, regulations, standards, and criteria pertaining to the granting of permits for construction and modifications which are emergent in nature and must be undertaken immediately to prevent or correct structural deficiencies or hazardous conditions that may harm or injure persons using the facility, as defined in the rules and regulations of the State Board. This procedure is exempt from public hearing requirements of this Act.

(10) Prescribe rules, regulations, standards and criteria for the conduct of an expeditious review, not exceeding 60 days, of applications for permits for projects to construct or modify health care facilities which are needed for the care and treatment of persons who have acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) or related conditions.

(11) Create a 3-member rules revision subcommittee, which shall hold at least 2 rule revision meetings each year. The rules revision meetings must allow all parties to offer rule revision suggestions to the subcommittee. The rules revision subcommittee shall report to the full Board at least annually with any rule change recommendations.

(12) At least one Board member must be present at any public hearing during which public testimony is given in support of or in opposition to a certificate of need or a certificate of exemption.

(Source: P.A. 93-41, eff. 6-27-03; 94-983, eff. 6-30-06.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.