97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2866

 

Introduced 2/1/2012, by Sen. Linda Holmes

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 3960/2  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1152

    Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning the purpose of the Act.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 changing Section 2 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 3960/2)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1152)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019)
8    Sec. 2. Purpose of the Act. This Act shall establish a
9procedure (1) which requires a person establishing,
10constructing or modifying a health care facility, as herein
11defined, to have the the qualifications, background, character
12and financial resources to adequately provide a proper service
13for the community; (2) that promotes, through the process of
14comprehensive health planning, the orderly and economic
15development of health care facilities in the State of Illinois
16that avoids unnecessary duplication of such facilities; (3)
17that promotes planning for and development of health care
18facilities needed for comprehensive health care especially in
19areas where the health planning process has identified unmet
20needs; and (4) that carries out these purposes in coordination
21with the Center for Comprehensive Health Planning and the
22Comprehensive Health Plan developed by that Center.
23    The changes made to this Act by this amendatory Act of the

 

 

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196th General Assembly are intended to accomplish the following
2objectives: to improve the financial ability of the public to
3obtain necessary health services; to establish an orderly and
4comprehensive health care delivery system that will guarantee
5the availability of quality health care to the general public;
6to maintain and improve the provision of essential health care
7services and increase the accessibility of those services to
8the medically underserved and indigent; to assure that the
9reduction and closure of health care services or facilities is
10performed in an orderly and timely manner, and that these
11actions are deemed to be in the best interests of the public;
12and to assess the financial burden to patients caused by
13unnecessary health care construction and modification. The
14Health Facilities and Services Review Board must apply the
15findings from the Comprehensive Health Plan to update review
16standards and criteria, as well as better identify needs and
17evaluate applications, and establish mechanisms to support
18adequate financing of the health care delivery system in
19Illinois, for the development and preservation of safety net
20services. The Board must provide written and consistent
21decisions that are based on the findings from the Comprehensive
22Health Plan, as well as other issue or subject specific plans,
23recommended by the Center for Comprehensive Health Planning.
24Policies and procedures must include criteria and standards for
25plan variations and deviations that must be updated.
26Evidence-based assessments, projections and decisions will be

 

 

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1applied regarding capacity, quality, value and equity in the
2delivery of health care services in Illinois. The integrity of
3the Certificate of Need process is ensured through revised
4ethics and communications procedures. Cost containment and
5support for safety net services must continue to be central
6tenets of the Certificate of Need process.
7(Source: P.A. 96-31, eff. 6-30-09.)