Public Act 102-0003
 
SB0168 EnrolledLRB102 10144 RJF 15466 b


  
    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
    Section 5. The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act is 
amended  by adding Section 8.9 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 3960/8.9 new)
    Sec. 8.9. Re-establishing discontinued general acute care 
hospital. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the 
contrary, a party seeking to re-establish a previously 
discontinued general acute care hospital under this Act shall 
be authorized to file a certificate of exemption under the Act 
if the following conditions are met:
        (1)   the previously discontinued general acute care 
    hospital was a safety net hospital, as defined pursuant to 
    Section 5-5e.1 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, at the 
    time the Review Board approved the closure of the 
    previously discontinued general acute care hospital, or 
    had a Medicaid inpatient utilization rate in excess of 40% 
    as determined by the Department of Healthcare and Family 
    Services in the last rate year prior to the time the Review 
    Board approved the closure of the previously discontinued 
    general acute care hospital;
        (2)   the previously discontinued general acute care 
    hospital surrendered its general acute care hospital 
    license to the Department of Public Health between January 
    1, 2019 and December 31, 2020;
        (3)   the certificate of exemption seeks to re-establish 
    the same number of total authorized beds as were 
    previously authorized by the Department of Public Health 
    at the previously discontinued general acute care 
    hospital;
        (4)   the party seeking to re-establish a previously 
    discontinued general acute care hospital commits to spend 
    at least $20,000,000 to re-establish the previously 
    discontinued general acute care hospital, which would 
    include the cost of land acquisition, building 
    acquisition, new construction, and new equipment;
        (5)   the party seeking to re-establish a previously 
    discontinued general acute care hospital will adopt and 
    maintain for at least a period of 2 years a charity care 
    policy that is no less restrictive than was in place at the 
    previously discontinued general acute care hospital;
        (6)   the party seeking to re-establish a previously 
    discontinued general acute care hospital will accept 
    Medicaid and Medicaid managed care patients; and
        (7)   the party seeking to re-establish a previously 
    discontinued general acute care hospital will agree to 
    maintain ownership of the re-established general acute 
    care hospital for no less than 5 years after the 
    re-established general acute care hospital has been issued 
    a new general acute care hospital license from the 
    Department of Public Health.
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.


Effective Date:  04/06/2021