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91_HB2215

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Hospital Licensing Act.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The  Hospital  Licensing  Act  is amended by
 5    adding Section 9.2 as follows:

 6        (210 ILCS 85/9.2 new)
 7        Sec.   9.2.   Hospital   Inspection   Consolidation   and
 8    Improvement Task Force.
 9        (a)  There  is  established   the   Hospital   Inspection
10    Consolidation  and  Improvement  Task  Force.  The task force
11    shall  perform  a  study  to  determine  the  feasibility  of
12    consolidating the hospital inspection efforts of the  various
13    departments  of  State  government  and  any  other public or
14    private agencies that inspect hospitals. The task force shall
15    (i)  study  the  most  economical  and  effective  means   of
16    consolidating  hospital  inspections to meet the needs of all
17    agencies, (ii) study the feasibility of developing one set of
18    consistent rules  to  be  applied  to  hospitals,  and  (iii)
19    identify   methods   for   improving   consistency   in   the
20    interpretation  and  application  of  inspection standards by
21    individual inspectors and surveyors.  The  task  force  shall
22    issue  its report to the Governor and the General Assembly by
23    January 1, 2000.
24        (b) The Director of the Department of  Public  Health  or
25    his  designee  shall  serve  as  chair of the task force. The
26    directors of other State agencies that inspect  hospitals  or
27    their   designees   shall  also  serve  on  the  task  force.
28    Representatives of federal agencies and private organizations
29    that inspect hospitals shall also be invited to serve on  the
30    task  force,  as  well  as  representatives  of  the Illinois
31    Hospital & Health Systems  Association  and  members  of  the
 
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 1    public.  Members  of  the  task  force  shall  serve  without
 2    compensation  and  shall use existing staff of the Department
 3    of   Public   Health   to   produce   their   findings    and
 4    recommendations.

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

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