Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit

Filed: 5/20/2021

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1539

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1539, AS AMENDED,
3with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No.
41, by replacing line 6 on page 1 through line 16 on page 2 with
5the following:
 
6    "(20 ILCS 3960/3.6 new)
7    Sec. 3.6. Facilities maintained or operated by a State
8agency.
9    (a) For the purposes of this Section, "Department" means
10the Department of Veterans' Affairs.
11    (b) Except for the requirements set forth in subsection
12(c), any construction, modification, establishment, or change
13in categories of service of a health care facility funded
14through an appropriation from the General Assembly and
15maintained or operated by the Department is not subject to
16requirements of this Act. The Department is subject to this
17Act when the Department discontinues a health care facility or

 

 

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1category of service.
2    (c) The Department must notify the Board in writing of any
3appropriation by the General Assembly for the construction,
4modification, establishment or change in categories of
5service, excluding discontinuation of a health care facility
6or categories of service, maintained or operated by the
7Department of Veterans' Affairs. The Department Veterans'
8Affairs must include with the written notification the
9following information: (i) the estimated service capacity of
10the health care facility; (ii) the location of the project or
11the intended location if not identified by law; and (iii) the
12date the health care facility is estimated to be opened. The
13Department must also notify the Board in writing when the
14facility has been licensed by the Department of Public Health
15or any other licensing body. The Department shall submit to
16the Board, on behalf of the health care facility, any annual
17facility questionnaires as defined in Section 13 of this Act
18or any requests for information by the Board.
19    (d) This Section is repealed 5 years after the effective
20date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.".