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91_HB0733
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Health Facility Planning Act
2 by changing Section 4.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act
6 is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 3960/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1154)
8 Sec. 4. Health Facilities Planning Board. There is
9 created the Health Facilities Planning Board, which shall
10 perform the such functions as hereinafter described in this
11 Act.
12 The State Board shall consist of 15 voting members,
13 including: 8 consumer members; one member representing the
14 commercial health insurance industry in Illinois; one member
15 representing proprietary hospitals in Illinois; one member
16 who is actively engaged in the field of hospital management;
17 one member who is a professional nurse registered in
18 Illinois; one member who is a physician in active private
19 practice licensed in Illinois to practice medicine in all of
20 its branches; one member who is actively engaged in the field
21 of skilled nursing or intermediate care facility management;
22 and one member who is actively engaged in the administration
23 of an ambulatory surgical treatment center licensed under the
24 Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act.
25 The State Board shall be appointed by the Governor, with
26 the advice and consent of the Senate. In making the
27 appointments, the Governor shall give consideration to
28 recommendations made by (1) the professional organizations
29 concerned with hospital management for the hospital
30 management appointment, (2) professional organizations
31 concerned with long term care facility management for the
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1 long term care facility management appointment, (3)
2 professional medical organizations for the physician
3 appointment, (4) professional nursing organizations for the
4 nurse appointment, and (5) professional organizations
5 concerned with ambulatory surgical treatment centers for the
6 ambulatory surgical treatment center appointment, and shall
7 appoint as consumer members individuals familiar with
8 community health needs but whose interest in the operation,
9 construction or utilization of health care facilities are
10 derived from factors other than those related to his
11 profession, business, or economic gain, and who represent, so
12 far as possible, different geographic areas of the State. Not
13 more than 8 of the appointments shall be of the same
14 political party.
15 The Secretary of Human Services, the Director of Public
16 Aid, and the Director of Public Health, or their designated
17 representatives, shall serve as ex-officio, non-voting
18 members of the State Board.
19 Of those appointed by the Governor as voting members,
20 each member shall hold office for a term of 3 years:
21 provided, that any member appointed to fill a vacancy
22 occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his
23 predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the
24 remainder of such term and the term of office of each
25 successor shall commence on July 1 of the year in which his
26 predecessor's term expires. In making original appointments
27 to the State Board, the Governor shall appoint 5 members for
28 a term of one year, 5 for a term of 2 years, and 3 for a term
29 of 3 years, and each of these terms of office shall commence
30 on July 1, 1974. The initial term of office for the members
31 appointed under this amendatory Act of 1996 shall begin on
32 July 1, 1996 and shall last for 2 years, and each subsequent
33 appointment shall be for a term of 3 years. Each member
34 shall hold office until his successor is appointed and
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1 qualified.
2 State Board members, while serving on business of the
3 State Board, shall receive actual and necessary travel and
4 subsistence expenses while so serving away from their places
5 of residence. In addition, while serving on business of the
6 State Board, each member shall receive compensation of $150
7 per day, except that such compensation shall not exceed
8 $7,500 in any one year for any member.
9 The State Board shall provide for its own organization
10 and procedures, including the selection of a Chairman and
11 such other officers as deemed necessary. The Director, with
12 concurrence of the State Board, shall name as full-time
13 Executive Secretary of the State Board, a person qualified in
14 health care facility planning and in administration. The
15 Agency shall provide administrative and staff support for the
16 State Board. The State Board shall advise the Director of
17 its budgetary and staff needs and consult with the Director
18 on annual budget preparation.
19 The State Board shall meet at least once each quarter, or
20 as often as the Chairman of the State Board deems necessary,
21 or upon the request of a majority of the members.
22 Eight members of the State Board shall constitute a
23 quorum. The affirmative vote of 8 of the members of the
24 State Board shall be necessary for any action requiring a
25 vote to be taken by the State Board. A vacancy in the
26 membership of the State Board shall not impair the right of a
27 quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties
28 of the State Board as provided by this Act.
29 (Source: P.A. 89-674, eff. 8-14-96; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)