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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act is 
5amended  by adding Section 3.5 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 3960/3.5 new)
7    Sec. 3.5. Facilities maintained or operated by a State 
8agency.
9    (a) Except for the requirements set forth in subsection 
10(b), any construction, modification, establishment, or change 
11in categories of service of a health care facility funded 
12through an appropriation from the General Assembly and 
13maintained or operated by a State agency is exempt from the 
14requirements of this Act. A State agency is not exempt from 
15this Act when that State agency discontinues a health care 
16facility or category of service.
17    (b) A State agency must notify the Board in writing of any 
18appropriation by the General Assembly for the construction, 
19modification, establishment or change in categories of 
20service, excluding discontinuations of a health care facility 
21or categories of service, maintained or operated by the State. 
22The State agency must include with the written notification the 
23following information: (i) the estimated service capacity of 
 
 
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1the health care facility, (ii) the location of the project or 
2the intended location if not identified by law, and (iii) the 
3date the health care facility is estimated to be opened. The 
4State agency must also notify the Board in writing when the 
5facility has been licensed by the Department of Public Health 
6or any other licensing body. The State agency shall submit to 
7the Board, on behalf of the health care facility, any annual 
8facility questionnaires as defined in Section 13 of this Act or 
9any requests for information by the Board.
10    (c) This Section is repealed 5 years after the effective 
11date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly. 
 

12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
13becoming law.