Full Text of HB2423 98th General Assembly
HB2423 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB2423 Introduced , by Rep. William Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 20 ILCS 3960/3 | from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1153 | 20 ILCS 3960/5 | from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1155 | 20 ILCS 3960/12 | from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1162 |
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Specifies that certain facilities qualify as health care facilities for the purposes of the Act, regardless of whether they are owned or operated by a physician, a partnership, a medical or professional corporation, or an unincorporated medical or professional group. Deletes a provision that exempted from the definition of "health care facilities" certain facilities owned or operated by a physician, a partnership, a medical or professional corporation, or an unincorporated medical or professional group. Deletes a provision which specifies that permits
for projects that are not obligated within the prescribed obligation
period expire on the last day of that period. Changes the circumstances under which the Board issues written decisions. Defines "category of service".
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Sections 3, 5, and 12 as follows:
| 6 | | (20 ILCS 3960/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1153)
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019) | 8 | | Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act:
| 9 | | "Health care facilities" means and includes
the following | 10 | | facilities , and organizations , and related persons :
| 11 | | 1. An ambulatory surgical treatment center required to | 12 | | be licensed
pursuant to the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment | 13 | | Center Act;
| 14 | | 2. An institution, place, building, or agency required | 15 | | to be licensed
pursuant to the Hospital Licensing Act;
| 16 | | 3. Skilled and intermediate long term care facilities | 17 | | licensed under the
Nursing
Home Care Act;
| 18 | | 3.5. Skilled and intermediate care facilities licensed | 19 | | under the ID/DD Community Care Act; | 20 | | 3.7. Facilities licensed under the Specialized Mental | 21 | | Health Rehabilitation Act;
| 22 | | 4. Hospitals, nursing homes, ambulatory surgical | 23 | | treatment centers, or
kidney disease treatment centers
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| 1 | | maintained by the State or any department or agency | 2 | | thereof;
| 3 | | 5. Kidney disease treatment centers, including a | 4 | | free-standing
hemodialysis unit required to be licensed | 5 | | under the End Stage Renal Disease Facility Act;
| 6 | | 6. An institution, place, building, or room used for | 7 | | the performance of
outpatient surgical procedures that is | 8 | | leased, owned, or operated by or on
behalf of an | 9 | | out-of-state facility;
| 10 | | 7. An institution, place, building, or room used for | 11 | | provision of a health care category of service as defined | 12 | | by the Board , including, but not limited to, | 13 | | medical-surgical, pediatrics, cardiac catheterization , and | 14 | | open heart surgery , regardless of whether the facility is | 15 | | owned or operated by a physician, a partnership, a medical | 16 | | or professional corporation, or an unincorporated medical | 17 | | or professional group ; and | 18 | | 8. An institution, place, building, or room used for | 19 | | provision of major medical equipment used in the direct | 20 | | clinical diagnosis or treatment of patients, and whose | 21 | | project cost is in excess of the capital expenditure | 22 | | minimum , regardless of whether the facility is owned or | 23 | | operated by a physician, a partnership, a medical or | 24 | | professional corporation, or an unincorporated medical or | 25 | | professional group . | 26 | | This Act shall not apply to the construction of any new |
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| 1 | | facility or the renovation of any existing facility located on | 2 | | any campus facility as defined in Section 5-5.8b of the | 3 | | Illinois Public Aid Code, provided that the campus facility | 4 | | encompasses 30 or more contiguous acres and that the new or | 5 | | renovated facility is intended for use by a licensed | 6 | | residential facility. | 7 | | No federally owned facility shall be subject to the | 8 | | provisions of this
Act, nor facilities used solely for healing | 9 | | by prayer or spiritual means.
| 10 | | No facility licensed under the Supportive Residences | 11 | | Licensing Act or the
Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act
| 12 | | shall be subject to the provisions of this Act.
| 13 | | No facility established and operating under the | 14 | | Alternative Health Care Delivery Act as a children's respite | 15 | | care center alternative health care model demonstration | 16 | | program or as an Alzheimer's Disease Management Center | 17 | | alternative health care model demonstration program shall be | 18 | | subject to the provisions of this Act. | 19 | | A facility designated as a supportive living facility that | 20 | | is in good
standing with the program
established under Section | 21 | | 5-5.01a of
the Illinois Public Aid Code shall not be subject to | 22 | | the provisions of this
Act.
| 23 | | This Act does not apply to facilities granted waivers under | 24 | | Section 3-102.2
of the Nursing Home Care Act. However, if a | 25 | | demonstration project under that
Act applies for a certificate
| 26 | | of need to convert to a nursing facility, it shall meet the |
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| 1 | | licensure and
certificate of need requirements in effect as of | 2 | | the date of application. | 3 | | This Act does not apply to a dialysis facility that | 4 | | provides only dialysis training, support, and related services | 5 | | to individuals with end stage renal disease who have elected to | 6 | | receive home dialysis. This Act does not apply to a dialysis | 7 | | unit located in a licensed nursing home that offers or provides | 8 | | dialysis-related services to residents with end stage renal | 9 | | disease who have elected to receive home dialysis within the | 10 | | nursing home. The Board, however, may require these dialysis | 11 | | facilities and licensed nursing homes to report statistical | 12 | | information on a quarterly basis to the Board to be used by the | 13 | | Board to conduct analyses on the need for proposed kidney | 14 | | disease treatment centers.
| 15 | | This Act shall not apply to the closure of an entity or a | 16 | | portion of an
entity licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act, | 17 | | the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act, or the ID/DD | 18 | | Community Care Act, with the exceptions of facilities operated | 19 | | by a county or Illinois Veterans Homes, that elects to convert, | 20 | | in
whole or in part, to an assisted living or shared housing | 21 | | establishment
licensed under the Assisted Living and Shared | 22 | | Housing Act.
| 23 | | This Act does not apply to any change of ownership of a | 24 | | healthcare facility that is licensed under the Nursing Home | 25 | | Care Act, the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act, or | 26 | | the ID/DD Community Care Act, with the exceptions of facilities |
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| 1 | | operated by a county or Illinois Veterans Homes. Changes of | 2 | | ownership of facilities licensed under the Nursing Home Care | 3 | | Act must meet the requirements set forth in Sections 3-101 | 4 | | through 3-119 of the Nursing Home Care Act.
| 5 | | With the exception of those health care facilities | 6 | | specifically
included in this Section, nothing in this Act | 7 | | shall be intended to
include facilities operated as a part of | 8 | | the practice of a physician or
other licensed health care | 9 | | professional, whether practicing in his
individual capacity or | 10 | | within the legal structure of any partnership,
medical or | 11 | | professional corporation, or unincorporated medical or
| 12 | | professional group. Further, this Act shall not apply to | 13 | | physicians or
other licensed health care professional's | 14 | | practices where such practices
are carried out in a portion of | 15 | | a health care facility under contract
with such health care | 16 | | facility by a physician or by other licensed
health care | 17 | | professionals, whether practicing in his individual capacity
| 18 | | or within the legal structure of any partnership, medical or
| 19 | | professional corporation, or unincorporated medical or | 20 | | professional
groups. This Act shall apply to construction or
| 21 | | modification and to establishment by such health care facility | 22 | | of such
contracted portion which is subject to facility | 23 | | licensing requirements,
irrespective of the party responsible | 24 | | for such action or attendant
financial obligation. | 25 | | No permit or exemption is required for a facility licensed | 26 | | under the ID/DD Community Care Act prior to the reduction of |
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| 1 | | the number of beds at a facility. If there is a total reduction | 2 | | of beds at a facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care | 3 | | Act, this is a discontinuation or closure of the facility. | 4 | | However, if a facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care | 5 | | Act reduces the number of beds or discontinues the facility, | 6 | | that facility must notify the Board as provided in Section 14.1 | 7 | | of this Act.
| 8 | | "Person" means any one or more natural persons, legal | 9 | | entities,
governmental bodies other than federal, or any | 10 | | combination thereof.
| 11 | | "Consumer" means any person other than a person (a) whose | 12 | | major
occupation currently involves or whose official capacity | 13 | | within the last
12 months has involved the providing, | 14 | | administering or financing of any
type of health care facility, | 15 | | (b) who is engaged in health research or
the teaching of | 16 | | health, (c) who has a material financial interest in any
| 17 | | activity which involves the providing, administering or | 18 | | financing of any
type of health care facility, or (d) who is or | 19 | | ever has been a member of
the immediate family of the person | 20 | | defined by (a), (b), or (c).
| 21 | | "State Board" or "Board" means the Health Facilities and | 22 | | Services Review Board.
| 23 | | "Construction or modification" means the establishment, | 24 | | erection,
building, alteration, reconstruction, modernization, | 25 | | improvement,
extension, discontinuation, change of ownership, | 26 | | of or by a health care
facility, or the purchase or acquisition |
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| 1 | | by or through a health care facility
of
equipment or service | 2 | | for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes or for
facility | 3 | | administration or operation, or any capital expenditure made by
| 4 | | or on behalf of a health care facility which
exceeds the | 5 | | capital expenditure minimum; however, any capital expenditure
| 6 | | made by or on behalf of a health care facility for (i) the | 7 | | construction or
modification of a facility licensed under the | 8 | | Assisted Living and Shared
Housing Act or (ii) a conversion | 9 | | project undertaken in accordance with Section 30 of the Older | 10 | | Adult Services Act shall be excluded from any obligations under | 11 | | this Act.
| 12 | | "Establish" means the construction of a health care | 13 | | facility or the
replacement of an existing facility on another | 14 | | site or the initiation of a category of service as defined by | 15 | | the Board .
| 16 | | "Major medical equipment" means medical equipment which is | 17 | | used for the
provision of medical and other health services and | 18 | | which costs in excess
of the capital expenditure minimum, | 19 | | except that such term does not include
medical equipment | 20 | | acquired
by or on behalf of a clinical laboratory to provide | 21 | | clinical laboratory
services if the clinical laboratory is | 22 | | independent of a physician's office
and a hospital and it has | 23 | | been determined under Title XVIII of the Social
Security Act to | 24 | | meet the requirements of paragraphs (10) and (11) of Section
| 25 | | 1861(s) of such Act. In determining whether medical equipment | 26 | | has a value
in excess of the capital expenditure minimum, the |
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| 1 | | value of studies, surveys,
designs, plans, working drawings, | 2 | | specifications, and other activities
essential to the | 3 | | acquisition of such equipment shall be included.
| 4 | | "Capital Expenditure" means an expenditure: (A) made by or | 5 | | on behalf of
a health care facility (as such a facility is | 6 | | defined in this Act); and
(B) which under generally accepted | 7 | | accounting principles is not properly
chargeable as an expense | 8 | | of operation and maintenance, or is made to obtain
by lease or | 9 | | comparable arrangement any facility or part thereof or any
| 10 | | equipment for a facility or part; and which exceeds the capital | 11 | | expenditure
minimum.
| 12 | | For the purpose of this paragraph, the cost of any studies, | 13 | | surveys, designs,
plans, working drawings, specifications, and | 14 | | other activities essential
to the acquisition, improvement, | 15 | | expansion, or replacement of any plant
or equipment with | 16 | | respect to which an expenditure is made shall be included
in | 17 | | determining if such expenditure exceeds the capital | 18 | | expenditures minimum.
Unless otherwise interdependent, or | 19 | | submitted as one project by the applicant, components of | 20 | | construction or modification undertaken by means of a single | 21 | | construction contract or financed through the issuance of a | 22 | | single debt instrument shall not be grouped together as one | 23 | | project. Donations of equipment
or facilities to a health care | 24 | | facility which if acquired directly by such
facility would be | 25 | | subject to review under this Act shall be considered capital
| 26 | | expenditures, and a transfer of equipment or facilities for |
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| 1 | | less than fair
market value shall be considered a capital | 2 | | expenditure for purposes of this
Act if a transfer of the | 3 | | equipment or facilities at fair market value would
be subject | 4 | | to review.
| 5 | | "Capital expenditure minimum" means $11,500,000 for | 6 | | projects by hospital applicants, $6,500,000 for applicants for | 7 | | projects related to skilled and intermediate care long-term | 8 | | care facilities licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act, and | 9 | | $3,000,000 for projects by all other applicants, which shall be | 10 | | annually
adjusted to reflect the increase in construction costs | 11 | | due to inflation, for major medical equipment and for all other
| 12 | | capital expenditures.
| 13 | | "Non-clinical service area" means an area (i) for the | 14 | | benefit of the
patients, visitors, staff, or employees of a | 15 | | health care facility and (ii) not
directly related to the | 16 | | diagnosis, treatment, or rehabilitation of persons
receiving | 17 | | services from the health care facility. "Non-clinical service | 18 | | areas"
include, but are not limited to, chapels; gift shops; | 19 | | news stands; computer
systems; tunnels, walkways, and | 20 | | elevators; telephone systems; projects to
comply with life | 21 | | safety codes; educational facilities; student housing;
| 22 | | patient, employee, staff, and visitor dining areas; | 23 | | administration and
volunteer offices; modernization of | 24 | | structural components (such as roof
replacement and masonry | 25 | | work); boiler repair or replacement; vehicle
maintenance and | 26 | | storage facilities; parking facilities; mechanical systems for
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| 1 | | heating, ventilation, and air conditioning; loading docks; and | 2 | | repair or
replacement of carpeting, tile, wall coverings, | 3 | | window coverings or treatments,
or furniture. Solely for the | 4 | | purpose of this definition, "non-clinical service
area" does | 5 | | not include health and fitness centers.
| 6 | | "Areawide" means a major area of the State delineated on a
| 7 | | geographic, demographic, and functional basis for health | 8 | | planning and
for health service and having within it one or | 9 | | more local areas for
health planning and health service. The | 10 | | term "region", as contrasted
with the term "subregion", and the | 11 | | word "area" may be used synonymously
with the term "areawide".
| 12 | | "Local" means a subarea of a delineated major area that on | 13 | | a
geographic, demographic, and functional basis may be | 14 | | considered to be
part of such major area. The term "subregion" | 15 | | may be used synonymously
with the term "local".
| 16 | | "Physician" means a person licensed to practice in | 17 | | accordance with
the Medical Practice Act of 1987, as amended.
| 18 | | "Licensed health care professional" means a person | 19 | | licensed to
practice a health profession under pertinent | 20 | | licensing statutes of the
State of Illinois.
| 21 | | "Director" means the Director of the Illinois Department of | 22 | | Public Health.
| 23 | | "Agency" means the Illinois Department of Public Health.
| 24 | | "Alternative health care model" means a facility or program | 25 | | authorized
under the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act.
| 26 | | "Out-of-state facility" means a person that is both (i) |
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| 1 | | licensed as a
hospital or as an ambulatory surgery center under | 2 | | the laws of another state
or that
qualifies as a hospital or an | 3 | | ambulatory surgery center under regulations
adopted pursuant | 4 | | to the Social Security Act and (ii) not licensed under the
| 5 | | Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act, the Hospital | 6 | | Licensing Act, or the
Nursing Home Care Act. Affiliates of | 7 | | out-of-state facilities shall be
considered out-of-state | 8 | | facilities. Affiliates of Illinois licensed health
care | 9 | | facilities 100% owned by an Illinois licensed health care | 10 | | facility, its
parent, or Illinois physicians licensed to | 11 | | practice medicine in all its
branches shall not be considered | 12 | | out-of-state facilities. Nothing in
this definition shall be
| 13 | | construed to include an office or any part of an office of a | 14 | | physician licensed
to practice medicine in all its branches in | 15 | | Illinois that is not required to be
licensed under the | 16 | | Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act.
| 17 | | "Change of ownership of a health care facility" means a | 18 | | change in the
person
who has ownership or
control of a health | 19 | | care facility's physical plant and capital assets. A change
in | 20 | | ownership is indicated by
the following transactions: sale, | 21 | | transfer, acquisition, lease, change of
sponsorship, or other | 22 | | means of
transferring control.
| 23 | | "Related person" means any person that: (i) is at least 50% | 24 | | owned, directly
or indirectly, by
either the health care | 25 | | facility or a person owning, directly or indirectly, at
least | 26 | | 50% of the health
care facility; or (ii) owns, directly or |
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| 1 | | indirectly, at least 50% of the
health care facility.
| 2 | | "Charity care" means care provided by a health care | 3 | | facility for which the provider does not expect to receive | 4 | | payment from the patient or a third-party payer. | 5 | | "Freestanding emergency center" means a facility subject | 6 | | to licensure under Section 32.5 of the Emergency Medical | 7 | | Services (EMS) Systems Act. | 8 | | "Category of service" means a grouping by generic class of | 9 | | various types or levels of support functions, equipment, care, | 10 | | or treatment provided to patients or residents, including, but | 11 | | not limited to, classes such as medical-surgical, pediatrics, | 12 | | or cardiac catheterization. A category of service may include | 13 | | subcategories or levels of care that identify a particular | 14 | | degree or type of care within the category of service. | 15 | | (Source: P.A. 96-31, eff. 6-30-09; 96-339, eff. 7-1-10; | 16 | | 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 97-38, eff. 6-28-11; 97-277, eff. 1-1-12; | 17 | | 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 97-980, eff. 8-17-12.)
| 18 | | (20 ILCS 3960/5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1155)
| 19 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019)
| 20 | | Sec. 5. Construction, modification, or establishment of | 21 | | health care facilities or acquisition of major medical | 22 | | equipment; permits or exemptions. No person shall construct, | 23 | | modify or establish a
health care facility or acquire major | 24 | | medical equipment without first
obtaining a permit or exemption | 25 | | from the State
Board. The State Board shall not delegate to the |
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| 1 | | staff of
the State Board or any other person or entity the | 2 | | authority to grant
permits or exemptions whenever the staff or | 3 | | other person or
entity would be required to exercise any | 4 | | discretion affecting the decision
to grant a permit or | 5 | | exemption. The State Board may, by rule, delegate authority to | 6 | | the Chairman to grant permits or exemptions when applications | 7 | | meet all of the State Board's review criteria and are | 8 | | unopposed.
| 9 | | A permit or exemption shall be obtained prior to the | 10 | | acquisition
of major medical equipment or to the construction | 11 | | or modification of a
health care facility which:
| 12 | | (a) requires a total capital expenditure in excess of | 13 | | the capital
expenditure
minimum; or
| 14 | | (b) substantially changes the scope or changes the | 15 | | functional operation
of the facility; or
| 16 | | (c) changes the bed capacity of a health care facility | 17 | | by increasing the
total number of beds or by distributing | 18 | | beds among
various categories of service or by relocating | 19 | | beds from one physical facility
or site to another by more | 20 | | than 20 beds or more than 10% of total bed
capacity as | 21 | | defined by the
State Board, whichever is less, over a 2 | 22 | | year period.
| 23 | | A permit shall be valid only for the defined construction | 24 | | or modifications,
site, amount and person named in the | 25 | | application for such permit and
shall not be transferable or | 26 | | assignable. A permit shall be valid until such
time as the |
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| 1 | | project has been completed,
provided that the project
commences | 2 | | and proceeds to completion with due diligence by the completion | 3 | | date or extension date approved by the Board. | 4 | | A permit holder must do the following: (i) submit the final | 5 | | completion and cost report for the project within 90 days after | 6 | | the approved project completion date or extension date and (ii) | 7 | | submit annual progress reports no earlier than 30 days before | 8 | | and no later than 30 days after each anniversary date of the | 9 | | Board's approval of the permit until the project is completed. | 10 | | To maintain a valid permit and to monitor progress toward | 11 | | project commencement and completion, routine post-permit | 12 | | reports shall be limited to annual progress reports and the | 13 | | final completion and cost report. Annual progress reports shall | 14 | | include information regarding the committed funds expended | 15 | | toward the approved project. If the project is not completed in | 16 | | one year, then, by the second annual report, the permit holder | 17 | | shall expend 33% or more of the total project cost or shall | 18 | | make a commitment to expend 33% or more of the total project | 19 | | cost by signed contracts or other legal means, and the report | 20 | | shall contain information regarding those expenditures or | 21 | | commitments. If the project is to be completed in one year, | 22 | | then the first annual report shall contain the expenditure | 23 | | commitment information for the total project cost. The State | 24 | | Board may extend the expenditure commitment period after | 25 | | considering a permit holder's showing of good cause and request | 26 | | for additional time to complete the project. |
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| 1 | | The Certificate of Need process required under this Act is | 2 | | designed to restrain rising health care costs by preventing | 3 | | unnecessary construction or modification of health care | 4 | | facilities. The Board must assure that the establishment, | 5 | | construction, or modification of a health care facility or the | 6 | | acquisition of major medical equipment is consistent with the | 7 | | public interest and that the proposed project is consistent | 8 | | with the orderly and economic development or acquisition of | 9 | | those facilities and equipment and is in accord with the | 10 | | standards, criteria, or plans of need adopted and approved by | 11 | | the Board. Board decisions regarding the construction of health | 12 | | care facilities must consider capacity, quality, value, and | 13 | | equity. Projects may deviate from the costs, fees, and expenses | 14 | | provided in their project cost information for the project's | 15 | | cost components, provided that the final total project cost | 16 | | does not exceed the approved permit amount. Project alterations | 17 | | shall not increase the total approved permit amount by more | 18 | | than the limit set forth under the Board's rules. | 19 | | Major construction
projects, for the purposes of this Act, | 20 | | shall include but are not limited
to: projects for the | 21 | | construction of new buildings; additions to existing
| 22 | | facilities; modernization projects
whose cost is in excess of | 23 | | $1,000,000 or 10% of the facilities' operating
revenue, | 24 | | whichever is less; and such other projects as the State Board | 25 | | shall
define and prescribe pursuant to this Act. | 26 | | Permits
for projects that have not been obligated within |
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| 1 | | the prescribed obligation
period shall expire on the last day | 2 | | of that period.
| 3 | | The acquisition by any person of major medical equipment | 4 | | that will not
be owned by or located in a health care facility | 5 | | and that will not be used
to provide services to inpatients of | 6 | | a health care facility shall be exempt
from review provided | 7 | | that a notice is filed in accordance with exemption
| 8 | | requirements.
| 9 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no permit | 10 | | or exemption is
required for the construction or modification | 11 | | of a non-clinical service area
of a health care facility.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 96-31, eff. 6-30-09; 97-1115, eff. 8-27-12.)
| 13 | | (20 ILCS 3960/12) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1162)
| 14 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019) | 15 | | Sec. 12. Powers and duties of State Board. For purposes of | 16 | | this Act,
the State Board
shall
exercise the following powers | 17 | | and duties:
| 18 | | (1) Prescribe rules,
regulations, standards, criteria, | 19 | | procedures or reviews which may vary
according to the purpose | 20 | | for which a particular review is being conducted
or the type of | 21 | | project reviewed and which are required to carry out the
| 22 | | provisions and purposes of this Act. Policies and procedures of | 23 | | the State Board shall take into consideration the priorities | 24 | | and needs of medically underserved areas and other health care | 25 | | services identified through the comprehensive health planning |
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| 1 | | process, giving special consideration to the impact of projects | 2 | | on access to safety net services.
| 3 | | (2) Adopt procedures for public
notice and hearing on all | 4 | | proposed rules, regulations, standards,
criteria, and plans | 5 | | required to carry out the provisions of this Act.
| 6 | | (3) (Blank).
| 7 | | (4) Develop criteria and standards for health care | 8 | | facilities planning,
conduct statewide inventories of health | 9 | | care facilities, maintain an updated
inventory on the Board's | 10 | | web site reflecting the
most recent bed and service
changes and | 11 | | updated need determinations when new census data become | 12 | | available
or new need formulae
are adopted,
and
develop health | 13 | | care facility plans which shall be utilized in the review of
| 14 | | applications for permit under
this Act. Such health facility | 15 | | plans shall be coordinated by the Board
with pertinent State | 16 | | Plans. Inventories pursuant to this Section of skilled or | 17 | | intermediate care facilities licensed under the Nursing Home | 18 | | Care Act, skilled or intermediate care facilities licensed | 19 | | under the ID/DD Community Care Act, facilities licensed under | 20 | | the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act, or nursing | 21 | | homes licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act shall be | 22 | | conducted on an annual basis no later than July 1 of each year | 23 | | and shall include among the information requested a list of all | 24 | | services provided by a facility to its residents and to the | 25 | | community at large and differentiate between active and | 26 | | inactive beds.
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| 1 | | In developing health care facility plans, the State Board | 2 | | shall consider,
but shall not be limited to, the following:
| 3 | | (a) The size, composition and growth of the population | 4 | | of the area
to be served;
| 5 | | (b) The number of existing and planned facilities | 6 | | offering similar
programs;
| 7 | | (c) The extent of utilization of existing facilities;
| 8 | | (d) The availability of facilities which may serve as | 9 | | alternatives
or substitutes;
| 10 | | (e) The availability of personnel necessary to the | 11 | | operation of the
facility;
| 12 | | (f) Multi-institutional planning and the establishment | 13 | | of
multi-institutional systems where feasible;
| 14 | | (g) The financial and economic feasibility of proposed | 15 | | construction
or modification; and
| 16 | | (h) In the case of health care facilities established | 17 | | by a religious
body or denomination, the needs of the | 18 | | members of such religious body or
denomination may be | 19 | | considered to be public need.
| 20 | | The health care facility plans which are developed and | 21 | | adopted in
accordance with this Section shall form the basis | 22 | | for the plan of the State
to deal most effectively with | 23 | | statewide health needs in regard to health
care facilities.
| 24 | | (5) Coordinate with the Center for Comprehensive Health | 25 | | Planning and other state agencies having responsibilities
| 26 | | affecting health care facilities, including those of licensure |
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| 1 | | and cost
reporting. Beginning no later than January 1, 2013, | 2 | | the Department of Public Health shall produce a written annual | 3 | | report to the Governor and the General Assembly regarding the | 4 | | development of the Center for Comprehensive Health Planning. | 5 | | The Chairman of the State Board and the State Board | 6 | | Administrator shall also receive a copy of the annual report.
| 7 | | (6) Solicit, accept, hold and administer on behalf of the | 8 | | State
any grants or bequests of money, securities or property | 9 | | for
use by the State Board or Center for Comprehensive Health | 10 | | Planning in the administration of this Act; and enter into | 11 | | contracts
consistent with the appropriations for purposes | 12 | | enumerated in this Act.
| 13 | | (7) The State Board shall prescribe procedures for review, | 14 | | standards,
and criteria which shall be utilized
to make | 15 | | periodic reviews and determinations of the appropriateness
of | 16 | | any existing health services being rendered by health care | 17 | | facilities
subject to the Act. The State Board shall consider | 18 | | recommendations of the
Board in making its
determinations.
| 19 | | (8) Prescribe, in consultation
with the Center for | 20 | | Comprehensive Health Planning, rules, regulations,
standards, | 21 | | and criteria for the conduct of an expeditious review of
| 22 | | applications
for permits for projects of construction or | 23 | | modification of a health care
facility, which projects are | 24 | | classified as emergency, substantive, or non-substantive in | 25 | | nature. | 26 | | Six months after June 30, 2009 (the effective date of |
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| 1 | | Public Act 96-31), substantive projects shall include no more | 2 | | than the following: | 3 | | (a) Projects to construct (1) a new or replacement | 4 | | facility located on a new site or
(2) a replacement | 5 | | facility located on the same site as the original facility | 6 | | and the cost of the replacement facility exceeds the | 7 | | capital expenditure minimum, which shall be reviewed by the | 8 | | Board within 120 days; | 9 | | (b) Projects proposing a
(1) new service within an | 10 | | existing healthcare facility or
(2) discontinuation of a | 11 | | service within an existing healthcare facility, which | 12 | | shall be reviewed by the Board within 60 days; or | 13 | | (c) Projects proposing a change in the bed capacity of | 14 | | a health care facility by an increase in the total number | 15 | | of beds or by a redistribution of beds among various | 16 | | categories of service or by a relocation of beds from one | 17 | | physical facility or site to another by more than 20 beds | 18 | | or more than 10% of total bed capacity, as defined by the | 19 | | State Board, whichever is less, over a 2-year period. | 20 | | The Chairman may approve applications for exemption that | 21 | | meet the criteria set forth in rules or refer them to the full | 22 | | Board. The Chairman may approve any unopposed application that | 23 | | meets all of the review criteria or refer them to the full | 24 | | Board. | 25 | | Such rules shall
not abridge the right of the Center for | 26 | | Comprehensive Health Planning to make
recommendations on the |
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| 1 | | classification and approval of projects, nor shall
such rules | 2 | | prevent the conduct of a public hearing upon the timely request
| 3 | | of an interested party. Such reviews shall not exceed 60 days | 4 | | from the
date the application is declared to be complete.
| 5 | | (9) Prescribe rules, regulations,
standards, and criteria | 6 | | pertaining to the granting of permits for
construction
and | 7 | | modifications which are emergent in nature and must be | 8 | | undertaken
immediately to prevent or correct structural | 9 | | deficiencies or hazardous
conditions that may harm or injure | 10 | | persons using the facility, as defined
in the rules and | 11 | | regulations of the State Board. This procedure is exempt
from | 12 | | public hearing requirements of this Act.
| 13 | | (10) Prescribe rules,
regulations, standards and criteria | 14 | | for the conduct of an expeditious
review, not exceeding 60 | 15 | | days, of applications for permits for projects to
construct or | 16 | | modify health care facilities which are needed for the care
and | 17 | | treatment of persons who have acquired immunodeficiency | 18 | | syndrome (AIDS)
or related conditions.
| 19 | | (11) Issue written decisions upon request of the applicant | 20 | | or an adversely affected party to the Board within 30 days of | 21 | | the meeting in which a final decision has been made . Requests | 22 | | for a written decision shall be made within 30 days after the | 23 | | Board meeting in which a final decision has been made. A "final | 24 | | decision" for purposes of this Act is the decision to approve | 25 | | or deny an application, or take other actions permitted under | 26 | | this Act, at the time and date of the meeting that such action |
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| 1 | | is scheduled by the Board. The staff of the State Board shall | 2 | | prepare a written copy of the final decision and the State | 3 | | Board shall approve a final copy for inclusion in the formal | 4 | | record. The Board shall consider, for approval, the written | 5 | | draft of the final decision no later than the next scheduled | 6 | | Board meeting. The written decision shall identify the | 7 | | applicable criteria and factors listed in this Act and the | 8 | | Board's regulations that were taken into consideration by the | 9 | | Board when coming to a final decision. If the State Board | 10 | | denies or fails to approve an application for permit or | 11 | | exemption certificate , the State Board shall include in the | 12 | | final decision a detailed explanation as to why the application | 13 | | was denied and identify what specific criteria or standards the | 14 | | applicant did not fulfill. | 15 | | (12) Require at least one of its members to participate in | 16 | | any public hearing, after the appointment of a majority of the | 17 | | members to the Board. | 18 | | (13) Provide a mechanism for the public to comment on, and | 19 | | request changes to, draft rules and standards. | 20 | | (14) Implement public information campaigns to regularly | 21 | | inform the general public about the opportunity for public | 22 | | hearings and public hearing procedures. | 23 | | (15) Establish a separate set of rules and guidelines for | 24 | | long-term care that recognizes that nursing homes are a | 25 | | different business line and service model from other regulated | 26 | | facilities. An open and transparent process shall be developed |
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| 1 | | that considers the following: how skilled nursing fits in the | 2 | | continuum of care with other care providers, modernization of | 3 | | nursing homes, establishment of more private rooms, | 4 | | development of alternative services, and current trends in | 5 | | long-term care services.
The Chairman of the Board shall | 6 | | appoint a permanent Health Services Review Board Long-term Care | 7 | | Facility Advisory Subcommittee that shall develop and | 8 | | recommend to the Board the rules to be established by the Board | 9 | | under this paragraph (15). The Subcommittee shall also provide | 10 | | continuous review and commentary on policies and procedures | 11 | | relative to long-term care and the review of related projects. | 12 | | In consultation with other experts from the health field of | 13 | | long-term care, the Board and the Subcommittee shall study new | 14 | | approaches to the current bed need formula and Health Service | 15 | | Area boundaries to encourage flexibility and innovation in | 16 | | design models reflective of the changing long-term care | 17 | | marketplace and consumer preferences. The Subcommittee shall | 18 | | evaluate, and make recommendations to the State Board | 19 | | regarding, the buying, selling, and exchange of beds between | 20 | | long-term care facilities within a specified geographic area or | 21 | | drive time. The Board shall file the proposed related | 22 | | administrative rules for the separate rules and guidelines for | 23 | | long-term care required by this paragraph (15) by no later than | 24 | | September 30, 2011. The Subcommittee shall be provided a | 25 | | reasonable and timely opportunity to review and comment on any | 26 | | review, revision, or updating of the criteria, standards, |
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| 1 | | procedures, and rules used to evaluate project applications as | 2 | | provided under Section 12.3 of this Act. | 3 | | (Source: P.A. 96-31, eff. 6-30-09; 96-339, eff. 7-1-10; | 4 | | 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 97-38, eff. 6-28-11; 97-227, eff. 1-1-12; | 5 | | 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 97-1045, eff. 8-21-13; 97-1115, eff. | 6 | | 8-27-12; revised 10-11-12.)
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