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91_SJ0069eng 91SJ0069 Engrossed SRS91SJ0043ABsa 1 Senate Joint Resolution No. 69 2 (As amended by Senate Amendment No. 1) 3 WHEREAS, The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act was 4 created in 1974, in accordance with federal mandates, to 5 establish a procedure to reverse the trend of increasing 6 health care costs resulting from unnecessary construction or 7 modification of health care facilities, to improve the 8 financial ability of the public to obtain necessary health 9 services, and to establish an orderly and comprehensive 10 health care delivery system providing quality health care; 11 and 12 WHEREAS, The Health Facilities Planning Board currently 13 administers the Certificate of Need program for the 14 regulation of ambulatory surgical treatment centers, 15 hospitals, nursing homes, and kidney disease treatment 16 centers within the State of Illinois; and 17 WHEREAS, The health care delivery system has undergone 18 drastic changes and witnessed numerous advancements in the 19 past 25 years; and 20 WHEREAS, Thirteen states have repealed their Certificate 21 of Need programs and many other states have scaled back their 22 Certificate of Need programs by limiting the scope and 23 criteria for review under those programs; and 24 WHEREAS, Very few legislative changes have been made to 25 the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act since its 26 inception; therefore, be it 27 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL 28 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF 29 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the 30 Illinois Legislative Task Force on Certificate of Need 31 consisting of 5 voting members; one of whom shall be a member 32 of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate and 91SJ0069 Engrossed -2- SRS91SJ0043ABsa 1 who shall serve as Co-chairperson, one of whom shall be a 2 member of the Senate appointed by the Minority Leader of the 3 Senate, one of whom shall be a member of the House of 4 Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of 5 Representatives and who shall serve as Co-chairperson, one of 6 whom shall be a member of the House of Representatives 7 appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of 8 Representatives, and one of whom shall be a consumer who is 9 not a member of the Health Facilities Planning Board and who 10 will be appointed jointly by the Co-chairpersons of the Task 11 Force; and be it further 12 RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall include 9 non-voting 13 members; one of whom shall be a representative designated by 14 the Illinois Hospital and Health Systems Association, one of 15 whom shall be a representative designated by the Illinois 16 State Medical Society, one of whom shall be a representative 17 designated by the Life Services Network, one of whom shall be 18 a representative designated by the Illinois Health Care 19 Association, one of whom shall be a representative designated 20 by the Illinois Council on Long Term Care, one of whom shall 21 be a representative designated by the Chamber of Commerce, 22 one of whom shall be a representative designated by the 23 Illinois Freestanding Surgery Center Association, one of whom 24 shall be a consumer who is not a member of the Health 25 Facilities Planning Board and who will be appointed jointly 26 by the Co-chairpersons of the Task Force, and one of whom 27 shall be a member of the Health Facilities Planning Board; 28 and be it further 29 RESOLVED, That the meetings of the Task Force shall be 30 held at the call of the Co-chairpersons and that members of 31 the Task Force shall serve without compensation; and be it 32 further 33 RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall study the Certificate 91SJ0069 Engrossed -3- SRS91SJ0043ABsa 1 of Need process; and be it further 2 RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall report its 3 recommendations to the General Assembly and Governor on or 4 before January 9, 2001.