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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4721
Introduced 02/04/04, by David R. Leitch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning additional licensing requirements.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4721 |
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LRB093 20141 DRJ 45886 b |
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| AN ACT concerning hospitals.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 4.6 as follows:
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| (210 ILCS 85/4.6)
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| Sec. 4.6. Additional licensing requirements.
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| (a) Notwithstanding any other law or rule to the contrary, |
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| the Department
may license as a hospital a building
that (i) is |
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| owned or operated by a hospital licensed
under
this Act, (ii) |
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| is located in a municipality with a population of less than
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| 60,000, and
(iii) includes a postsurgical recovery care center |
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| licensed under the
Alternative
Health Care Delivery Act for a |
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| period of not less than 2 years, an ambulatory
surgical |
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| treatment center licensed under the Ambulatory Surgical |
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| Treatment
Center Act, and a
Freestanding
Emergency Center |
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| licensed under the Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
Systems |
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| Act. Only the components of the building which are currently |
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| licensed
shall be eligible under the provisions of this |
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| Section.
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| (b) Before
Prior to issuing a license, the Department shall |
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| inspect the facility
and
require the facility to meet such of |
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| the Department's rules relating to
the
establishment of |
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| hospitals as the Department determines are appropriate to such
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| facility. Once the Department approves the facility and issues |
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| a hospital
license, all other licenses as listed in subsection |
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| (a) above shall be null and
void.
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| (c) Only one license may be issued under the authority of |
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| this Section.
No license may be issued after 18 months after |
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| the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 91st General |
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| Assembly.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-736, eff. 6-2-00.)
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