Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

Filed: 3/15/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2812

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2812 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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
10(b), any construction, modification, establishment, or change
11in categories of service of a health care facility funded
12through an appropriation from the General Assembly and
13maintained or operated by a State agency is exempt from the
14requirements of this Act. A State agency is not exempt from
15this Act when that State agency discontinues a health care
16facility or category of service.

 

 

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1    (b) A State agency must notify the Board in writing of any
2appropriation by the General Assembly for the construction,
3modification, establishment or change in categories of
4service, excluding discontinuations of a health care facility
5or categories of service, maintained or operated by the State.
6The State agency must include with the written notification the
7following information: (i) the estimated service capacity of
8the health care facility, (ii) the location of the project or
9the intended location if not identified by law, and (iii) the
10date the health care facility is estimated to be opened. The
11State agency must also notify the Board in writing when the
12facility has been licensed by the Department of Public Health
13or any other licensing body. The State agency shall submit to
14the Board, on behalf of the health care facility, any annual
15facility questionnaires as defined in Section 13 of this Act or
16any requests for information by the Board.
17    (c) This Section is repealed 5 years after the effective
18date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.".