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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 Department of Public Health Powers and 
5Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 
6amended  by adding Section 2310-685 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 2310/2310-685 new)
8    Sec. 2310-685. Health care facility; policy to encourage 
9participation in capital projects.
10    (a) A health care facility shall develop a policy to 
11encourage the participation of minority-owned, women-owned, 
12veteran-owned, and small business enterprises in capital 
13projects undertaken by the health care facility.
14    (b) A health care system may develop a system-wide policy 
15in order to comply with the requirement of subsection (a) of 
16this Section.
17    (c) The policy required under this Section must be 
18developed no later than 6 months after the effective date of 
19this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
20    (d) This Section does not apply to health care facilities 
21with 100 or fewer beds,  health care facilities located in a 
22county with a total census population of less than 3,000,000, 
23or health care facilities owned or operated by a unit of local 
 
 
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1government or the State or federal government.
2    (e) For the purpose of this Section, "health care facility" 
3has the same meaning as set forth in the Illinois Health 
4Facilities Planning Act.

 

5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
6becoming law.