HB5132 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5132

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Aaron M. Ortiz

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

210 ILCS 85/6.28 new

Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires hospitals that receive a property tax exemption under a provision of the Property Tax Code concerning exemptions related to access to hospital and health care services by low-income and underserved individuals to prove that, upon inspection by the Department of Public Health, for that fiscal year the amount spent on executive salary increases was equivalent to the amount spent on patients who are recipients under the State medical assistance program or are charity care patients.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning health.

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

Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding Section 6.28 as follows:

(210 ILCS 85/6.28 new)

Sec. 6.28. Property tax exemptions related to access to hospital and health care services by low-income and underserved individuals. A hospital that receives a property tax exemption under Section 15-86 of the Property Tax Code must prove that, upon inspection by the Department, for that fiscal year the amount spent on executive salary increases was equivalent to the amount spent on patients who are recipients of the medical assistance program under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code or are charity care patients.