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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding
5Section 4.7 as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 85/4.7 new)
7    Sec. 4.7. Additional licensing requirements.
8    (a) A hospital located in a county with fewer than 325,000
9inhabitants may apply to the Department for approval to conduct
10its operations from more than one location within the county
11under a single license at a separate building or facility
12already licensed as a hospital. The operations shall be limited
13to psychiatric services. The host hospital shall house the
14licensee. The licensee's application shall be supported by
15information that its operations at the host hospital will
16provide access to necessary services for the region that the
17host hospital does not provide. The services proposed by the
18licensee at the host hospital shall not consist of emergency
19services.
20    (b) The portion of the facilities or buildings operated by
21the licensee at the host hospital shall be leased in part and
22operated by a single corporation or other legal entity serving
23as the licensee and shall have a single:

 

 

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1        (1) board of directors with the responsibility for
2    governance, including financial oversight and authority to
3    designate or remove the chief executive officer;
4        (2) medical staff accountable to the board of directors
5    of the licensee and governed by a single set of medical
6    staff bylaws and associated rules and regulation of the
7    licensee, with responsibility for the quality of the
8    medical services provided by the licensee at the host
9    hospital side; and
10        (3) chief executive officer, accountable to the board
11    of directors of the licensee, with management
12    responsibility for the licensee's operations at the host
13    hospital site.
14    The host hospital and licensee shall be jointly responsible
15for hospital licensing requirements relating to design and
16construction, engineering and maintenance of the physical
17plan, waste disposal, and fire safety.
18    (c) The licensee and host hospital shall notify the public
19and patients through general signage and written notification
20provided upon admission that services are provided at the host
21hospital site by 2 separately licensed hospitals. The signage
22shall specify which services are provided by the host hospital
23or the licensee or both.
24    (d) One emergency department shall serve the host hospital.
25Patients shall be notified that emergency services are provided
26by the host hospital. Those patients that require admission

 

 

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1from the emergency department to a service that is operated by
2the licensee shall be admitted according to the Emergency
3Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act regulations and
4transferred to the licensee. The admission, registration, and
5consent form documents shall be specific to the licensee.
6    (e) The licensee and host hospital shall submit to the
7Department a comprehensive plan describing the services and
8operations of each facility or building and between the
9licensee and host hospital, and how common services or
10operations will be coordinated between the various locations.
11Nothing in this Section relieves a hospital from the
12requirements in the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act.
 
13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14becoming law.