(210 ILCS 155/25)
    Sec. 25. Quality improvement transfer program.
    (a) The Department may exempt the following STAC hospitals from the requirements in this Section:
        (1) A hospital operated by a county with a population
    
of 3,000,000 or more.
        (2) A hospital operated by a State agency or a State
    
university.
    (b) STAC hospitals may transfer patients who meet criteria in the LTAC hospital criteria and are medically stable for discharge from the STAC hospital.
    (c) A patient in a STAC hospital may be exempt from a transfer if:
        (1) The patient's physician does not issue an order
    
for a transfer;
        (2) The patient or the individual legally authorized
    
to make medical decisions for the patient refuses the transfer; or
        (3) The patient's care is primarily paid for by
    
Medicare or another third party. The exemption in this paragraph (3) of subsection (c) does not apply to a patient who has exhausted his or her Medicare benefits resulting in the Department becoming the primary payer.
(Source: P.A. 96-1130, eff. 7-20-10.)