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Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Provides that changes of ownership, mergers, and consolidations of health care facilities require a permit from the Health Facilities Planning Board and sets forth requirements for the permit application. Sets forth conditions that require a public hearing for a permit application and requires that the notice of the public hearing be published in a newspaper for 3 consecutive days. Makes other changes.
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Provides that, upon a finding by the Department of Public Health that an application for a change of ownership is complete, the Department of Public Health shall publish a legal notice on 3 consecutive days in a newspaper of general circulation in the area or community to be affected and afford the public an opportunity to request a hearing and, if the application is for a facility located in a Metropolitan Statistical Area, an additional legal notice shall be published in a newspaper of limited circulation, if one exists, in the area in which the facility is located. Provides that the legal notice shall also be posted on the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board's web site and sent to the State Representative and State Senator of the district in which the health care facility is located. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall not find that an application for change of ownership is complete without a signed certification that for a period of 2 years after the change of ownership transaction is effective, the health care facility will not adopt a charity care policy that is more restrictive than the policy in effect during the year prior to the transaction. Provides that, if a public hearing is requested, it shall be held at least 15 days but no more than 30 days after the date of publication of the legal notice in the community in which the facility is located.
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