98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2812
 
Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
20 ILCS 3960/3.5 new

     Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act.  Provides that a State agency must notify the Board in writing of any intent to construct, modify, establish, close, or change the service category of any State-run healthcare facility.  Requires this notification to include the facility's estimated service capacity, the location of the project, the estimated date the facility is to open, and when the facility becomes licensed.  Provides that this Section is repealed five years after the effective date of this Act.  Effective immediately.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act is 
5amended  by adding Section 3.5 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 3960/3.5 new)
7    Sec. 3.5. Facilities maintained or operated by a State 
8agency.
9    (a) Except for the requirements set forth in subsection (b) 
10of this Section, any construction, modification, 
11establishment, change in categories of service, or 
12discontinuation of a health care facility funded through an 
13appropriation from the General Assembly and maintained or 
14operated by a State agency is exempt from the requirements of 
15this Act.
16    (b) A State agency must notify the Board in writing of any 
17appropriation by the General Assembly for the construction, 
18modification, establishment, or change in categories of 
19service of a health care facility maintained or operated by the 
20State. The State agency must include with the written 
21notification the following information: (i) the estimated 
22service capacity of the health care facility, (ii) the location 
23of the project or the intended location if not identified by 
 
 
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1law, and (iii) the date the health care facility is estimated 
2to be opened. The State agency must also notify the Board in 
3writing when the facility has been licensed by the Illinois 
4Department of Public Health or any other licensing body. The 
5State agency shall notify the Board in writing of any intent to 
6close the health care facility. The State agency shall submit 
7to the Board, on behalf of  a health care facility, any annual 
8facility questionnaires as described in Section 13 of this Act 
9or any requests for information by the Board.
10    (c) This Section is repealed five years after the effective 
11date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
 
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
13becoming law.