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Sen. William Delgado
Filed: 5/13/2008
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5729
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5729 on page 1, |
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| immediately below line 3, by inserting the following:
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| "Section 3. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by |
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| 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 |
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| license.
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| (a) A hospital located in a county with fewer than |
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| 3,000,000 inhabitants may
apply to the Department for approval |
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| to conduct its operations from more than
one location within |
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| the county under a single license.
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| (a-5) A hospital located in a county with 3,000,000 or more |
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| inhabitants may apply to the Department for approval to conduct |
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| its operations from more than one hospital within the county |
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| under a single license if the distance between each hospital to |
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| be combined under one license is no more than one-half mile and |
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| both hospitals were operated by a single health system on |
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| January 1, 2008. |
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| (b) The facilities or buildings at those locations must be |
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| owned or
operated together by a single corporation or other |
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| legal entity serving as the
licensee and must share:
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| (1) a single board of directors with responsibility for |
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| governance,
including financial oversight and the |
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| authority to designate or remove the
chief executive |
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| officer;
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| (2) a single medical staff accountable to the board of |
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| directors and
governed by a single set of medical staff |
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| bylaws, rules, and regulations with
responsibility for the |
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| quality of the medical services; and
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| (3) a single chief executive officer, accountable to |
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| the board of
directors, with management responsibility.
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| (c) Each hospital building or facility that is located on a |
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| site
geographically separate from the campus or premises of |
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| another hospital
building or facility operated by the licensee |
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| must, at a minimum, individually
comply with the Department's |
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| hospital licensing requirements for emergency
services.
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| (d) The hospital shall submit to the Department a |
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| comprehensive plan in
relation to the waiver or waivers |
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| requested
describing the services and operations of each |
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| facility or building and how
common services or operations will |
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| be coordinated between the various
locations. With the |
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| exception of items required by subsection (c), the
Department |
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| is authorized to waive compliance with the hospital
licensing |
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| requirements for specific buildings or facilities, provided |
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| that the
hospital has documented which other building or |
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| facility under its single
license provides that service or |
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| operation, and that doing so would not
endanger the public's |
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| health, safety, or welfare. Nothing in this Section
relieves a |
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| hospital from the requirements of the Health Facilities |
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| Planning
Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-171, eff. 7-19-95.)".
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