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Public Act 102-0887
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| SB1435 Enrolled | LRB102 11312 SPS 16645 b |
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by |
changing Section 4.5 as follows:
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(210 ILCS 85/4.5)
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Sec. 4.5. Hospital with multiple locations; single |
license.
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(a) A hospital located in a county with fewer than |
3,000,000 inhabitants may
apply to the Department for approval |
to conduct its operations from more than
one location within |
the county under a single license. At the time of the |
application to operate under a single license, a hospital |
located in a county with fewer than 125,000 inhabitants may |
apply to the Department for approval to conduct its operations |
from more than one location within contiguous counties in |
which both facilities are located, provided that the second |
county has fewer than 35,000 inhabitants.
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(b) The facilities or buildings at those locations must be |
owned or
operated together by a single corporation or other |
legal entity serving as the
licensee and must share:
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(1) a single board of directors with responsibility |
for governance,
including financial oversight and the |
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authority to designate or remove the
chief executive |
officer;
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(2) a single medical staff accountable to the board of |
directors and
governed by a single set of medical staff |
bylaws, rules, and regulations with
responsibility for the |
quality of the medical services; and
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(3) a single chief executive officer, accountable to |
the board of
directors, with management responsibility.
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(c) Each hospital building or facility that is located on |
a site
geographically separate from the campus or premises of |
another hospital
building or facility operated by the licensee |
must, at a minimum, individually
comply with the Department's |
hospital licensing requirements for emergency
services.
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(d) The hospital shall submit to the Department a |
comprehensive plan in
relation to the waiver or waivers |
requested
describing the services and operations of each |
facility or building and how
common services or operations |
will be coordinated between the various
locations. With the |
exception of items required by subsection (c), the
Department |
is authorized to waive compliance with the hospital
licensing |
requirements for specific buildings or facilities, provided |
that the
hospital has documented which other building or |
facility under its single
license provides that service or |
operation, and that doing so would not
endanger the public's |
health, safety, or welfare. Nothing in this Section
relieves a |
hospital from the requirements of the Health Facilities |