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90_HB3402
20 ILCS 3960/4 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1154
Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act.
Makes technical changes in the Section concerning the Health
Facilities Planning Board.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Health Facilities Planning
2 Act by changing Section 4.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act
6 is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 3960/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1154)
8 Sec. 4. There is created the Health Facilities Planning
9 Board, which shall perform the such functions as hereinafter
10 described in this Act.
11 The State Board shall consist of 15 voting members,
12 including: 8 consumer members; one member representing the
13 commercial health insurance industry in Illinois; one member
14 representing proprietary hospitals in Illinois; one member
15 who is actively engaged in the field of hospital management;
16 one member who is a professional nurse registered in
17 Illinois; one member who is a physician in active private
18 practice licensed in Illinois to practice medicine in all of
19 its branches; one member who is actively engaged in the field
20 of skilled nursing or intermediate care facility management;
21 and one member who is actively engaged in the administration
22 of an ambulatory surgical treatment center licensed under the
23 Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act.
24 The State Board shall be appointed by the Governor, with
25 the advice and consent of the Senate. In making the
26 appointments, the Governor shall give consideration to
27 recommendations made by (1) the professional organizations
28 concerned with hospital management for the hospital
29 management appointment, (2) professional organizations
30 concerned with long term care facility management for the
31 long term care facility management appointment, (3)
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1 professional medical organizations for the physician
2 appointment, (4) professional nursing organizations for the
3 nurse appointment, and (5) professional organizations
4 concerned with ambulatory surgical treatment centers for the
5 ambulatory surgical treatment center appointment, and shall
6 appoint as consumer members individuals familiar with
7 community health needs but whose interest in the operation,
8 construction or utilization of health care facilities are
9 derived from factors other than those related to his
10 profession, business, or economic gain, and who represent, so
11 far as possible, different geographic areas of the State. Not
12 more than 8 of the appointments shall be of the same
13 political party.
14 The Secretary of Human Services, the Director of Public
15 Aid, and the Director of Public Health, or their designated
16 representatives, shall serve as ex-officio, non-voting
17 members of the State Board.
18 Of those appointed by the Governor as voting members,
19 each member shall hold office for a term of 3 years:
20 provided, that any member appointed to fill a vacancy
21 occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his
22 predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the
23 remainder of such term and the term of office of each
24 successor shall commence on July 1 of the year in which his
25 predecessor's term expires. In making original appointments
26 to the State Board, the Governor shall appoint 5 members for
27 a term of one year, 5 for a term of 2 years, and 3 for a term
28 of 3 years, and each of these terms of office shall commence
29 on July 1, 1974. The initial term of office for the members
30 appointed under this amendatory Act of 1996 shall begin on
31 July 1, 1996 and shall last for 2 years, and each subsequent
32 appointment shall be for a term of 3 years. Each member
33 shall hold office until his successor is appointed and
34 qualified.
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1 State Board members, while serving on business of the
2 State Board, shall receive actual and necessary travel and
3 subsistence expenses while so serving away from their places
4 of residence. In addition, while serving on business of the
5 State Board, each member shall receive compensation of $150
6 per day, except that such compensation shall not exceed
7 $7,500 in any one year for any member.
8 The State Board shall provide for its own organization
9 and procedures, including the selection of a Chairman and
10 such other officers as deemed necessary. The Director, with
11 concurrence of the State Board, shall name as full-time
12 Executive Secretary of the State Board, a person qualified in
13 health care facility planning and in administration. The
14 Agency shall provide administrative and staff support for the
15 State Board. The State Board shall advise the Director of
16 its budgetary and staff needs and consult with the Director
17 on annual budget preparation.
18 The State Board shall meet at least once each quarter, or
19 as often as the Chairman of the State Board deems necessary,
20 or upon the request of a majority of the members.
21 Eight members of the State Board shall constitute a
22 quorum. The affirmative vote of 8 of the members of the
23 State Board shall be necessary for any action requiring a
24 vote to be taken by the State Board. A vacancy in the
25 membership of the State Board shall not impair the right of a
26 quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties
27 of the State Board as provided by this Act.
28 (Source: P.A. 89-674, eff. 8-14-96; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)