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Sen. Dave Syverson
Filed: 4/4/2014
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3465
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3465, AS AMENDED, |
| 3 | | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the |
| 4 | | following:
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| 5 | | "Section 5. The Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act is |
| 6 | | amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
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| 7 | | (210 ILCS 5/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 157-8.3)
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| 8 | | Sec. 3.
As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise |
| 9 | | requires, the
following words and phrases shall have the |
| 10 | | meanings ascribed to them:
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| 11 | | (A) "Ambulatory surgical treatment center" means any |
| 12 | | institution, place
or building devoted primarily to the |
| 13 | | maintenance and operation of
facilities for the performance of |
| 14 | | surgical procedures. "Ambulatory surgical treatment center" |
| 15 | | includes any place that meets the definition of an ambulatory |
| 16 | | surgical center under the regulations of the federal Centers |
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| 1 | | for Medicare and Medicaid Services, as provided in 42 CFR 416, |
| 2 | | and is actively enrolled as a Medicare provider or any facility |
| 3 | | in
which a medical or surgical procedure is utilized to |
| 4 | | terminate a pregnancy,
irrespective of whether the facility is |
| 5 | | devoted primarily to this purpose.
Such facility shall not |
| 6 | | provide beds or other accommodations for the
overnight stay of |
| 7 | | patients; however, facilities devoted exclusively to the
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| 8 | | treatment of children may provide accommodations and beds for |
| 9 | | their patients
for up to 23 hours following admission. |
| 10 | | Individual patients shall be
discharged in an ambulatory |
| 11 | | condition without danger to the continued well
being of the |
| 12 | | patients or shall be transferred to a hospital.
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| 13 | | The term "ambulatory surgical treatment center" does not |
| 14 | | include any of the
following:
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| 15 | | (1) Any institution, place, building or agency |
| 16 | | required to be licensed
pursuant to the "Hospital Licensing |
| 17 | | Act", approved July 1, 1953, as amended.
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| 18 | | (2) Any person or institution required to be licensed |
| 19 | | pursuant to the
Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized |
| 20 | | Mental Health Rehabilitation Act, or the ID/DD Community |
| 21 | | Care Act.
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| 22 | | (3) Hospitals or ambulatory surgical treatment centers |
| 23 | | maintained by the
State or any department or agency |
| 24 | | thereof, where such department or agency
has authority |
| 25 | | under law to establish and enforce standards for the
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| 26 | | hospitals or ambulatory surgical treatment centers under |
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| 1 | | its management and
control.
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| 2 | | (4) Hospitals or ambulatory surgical treatment centers |
| 3 | | maintained by the
Federal Government or agencies thereof.
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| 4 | | (5) Any place, agency, clinic, or practice, public or |
| 5 | | private, whether
organized for profit or not, devoted |
| 6 | | exclusively to the performance of
dental or oral surgical |
| 7 | | procedures.
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| 8 | | (B) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, |
| 9 | | corporation,
company, association, or joint stock association, |
| 10 | | or the legal successor
thereof.
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| 11 | | (C) "Department" means the Department of Public Health of |
| 12 | | the State of
Illinois.
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| 13 | | (D) "Director" means the Director of the Department of |
| 14 | | Public Health of
the State of Illinois.
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| 15 | | (E) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice |
| 16 | | medicine in all of
its branches in the State of Illinois.
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| 17 | | (F) "Dentist" means a person licensed to practice dentistry |
| 18 | | under the
Illinois Dental Practice Act.
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| 19 | | (G) "Podiatric physician" means a person licensed to |
| 20 | | practice podiatry under
the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of |
| 21 | | 1987.
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| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 97-38, eff. 6-28-11; 97-227, eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, |
| 23 | | eff. 7-13-12; 98-214, eff. 8-9-13.)".
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