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Full Text of HB0976 96th General Assembly

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HB0976ham001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Health Care Availability and Accessibility Committee
Filed: 3/11/2009

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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 976
2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 976 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:

4     "Section 5. The Alternative Health Care Delivery Act is
5 amended by changing Section 25 as follows:

6     (210 ILCS 3/25)
7     Sec. 25. Department responsibilities. The Department shall
8 have the ~~the~~responsibilities set forth in this Section.
9     (a) The Department shall adopt rules for each alternative
10 health care model authorized under this Act that shall include
11 but not be limited to the following:
12         (1) Further definition of the alternative health care
13     models.
14         (2) The definition and scope of the demonstration
15     program, including the implementation date and period of
16     operation, not to exceed 5 years.

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1         (3) License application information required by the
2     Department.
3         (4) The care of patients in the alternative health care
4     models.
5         (5) Rights afforded to patients of the alternative
6     health care models.
7         (6) Physical plant requirements.
8         (7) License application and renewal fees, which may
9     cover the cost of administering the demonstration program.
10         (8) Information that may be necessary for the Board and
11     the Department to monitor and evaluate the alternative
12     health care model demonstration program.
13         (9) Administrative fines that may be assessed by the
14     Department for violations of this Act or the rules adopted
15     under this Act.
16     (b) The Department shall issue, renew, deny, suspend, or
17 revoke licenses for alternative health care models.
18     (c) The Department shall perform licensure inspections of
19 alternative health care models as deemed necessary by the
20 Department to ensure compliance with this Act or rules.
21     (d) The Department shall deposit application fees, renewal
22 fees, and fines into the Regulatory Evaluation and Basic
23 Enforcement Fund.
24     (e) The Department shall assist the Board in performing the
25 Board's responsibilities under this Act.
26     (f) The Department shall conduct a study to determine the

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1 feasibility, the potential risks and benefits to patients, and
2 the potential effect on the health care delivery system of
3 authorizing recovery care of nonsurgical patients in
4 postsurgical recovery center demonstration models. The
5 Department shall report the findings of the study to the
6 General Assembly no later than November 1, 1998. The Director
7 shall appoint an advisory committee with representation from
8 the Illinois Hospital and Health Systems Association, the
9 Illinois State Medical Society, and the Illinois Freestanding
10 Surgery Center Association, a physician who is board certified
11 in internal medicine, a consumer, and other representatives
12 deemed appropriate by the Director. The advisory committee
13 shall advise the Department as it carries out the study.
14     (g) Before November 1, 1998 the Department shall initiate a
15 process to request public comments on how postsurgical recovery
16 centers admitting nonsurgical patients should be regulated.
17 (Source: P.A. 90-600, eff. 6-25-98; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)".

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