Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 6769

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.

Date	Chamber	Action
1/11/2005	House	Session Sine Die

Date	Chamber	Action
2/9/2004	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Deborah L. Graham
2/9/2004	House	First Reading
2/9/2004	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/20/2004	House	Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
3/2/2004	House	Assigned to Health Care Availability and Access Committee
3/2/2004	House	Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed by Voice Vote
3/3/2004	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Availability and Access Committee; 013-000-001
3/3/2004	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/29/2004	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
3/29/2004	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
3/31/2004	House	House Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Deborah L. Graham
3/31/2004	House	House Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
4/1/2004	House	House Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
4/1/2004	House	House Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote
4/1/2004	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
4/2/2004	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
4/2/2004	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
4/2/2004	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Calvin L. Giles
4/2/2004	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
4/2/2004	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000
4/6/2004	Senate	Arrive in Senate
4/6/2004	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 20, 2004
4/6/2004	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Carol Ronen
4/6/2004	Senate	First Reading
4/6/2004	Senate	Referred to Rules
4/15/2004	Senate	Assigned to Health & Human Services
4/21/2004	Senate	Postponed - Health & Human Services
4/28/2004	Senate	Postponed - Health & Human Services
4/30/2004	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules
1/11/2005	House	Session Sine Die

	Deletes reference to:
	20 ILCS 3960/4.2

	Adds reference to:
	20 ILCS 3960/8.5 new