HB1429 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1429

Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 3960/12.4

Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act in the provision concerning written notice of a hospital's reduction in health care services. Provides that the notice must be given if a hospital reduces certain services by 25% (instead of 50%). Provides that the notice shall include a report setting forth the reasons for the reduction in service and any foreseeable impact to other hospitals in the region. Provides that the report shall be made available to the public and shall be published on the hospital's website. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

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 Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act is amended by changing Section 12.4 as follows:

(20 ILCS 3960/12.4)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019)

Sec. 12.4. Hospital reduction in health care services; notice. If a hospital reduces any of the Categories of Service as outlined in Title 77, Chapter II, Part 1110 in the Illinois Administrative Code, any service outlined in the Hospital Emergency Service Act, or any other service as defined by rule by the State Board, by 25% 50% or more according to rules adopted by the State Board, then within 30 days prior to after reducing the service, the hospital must give written notice of the reduction in service to the State Board, the Department of Public Health, and the State Senator and 2 State Representatives serving the legislative district in which the hospital is located. The written notice shall include a report setting forth the reasons for the reduction in service and any foreseeable impact to other hospitals in the region. The report shall be made available to the public and shall be published on the hospital's website. The State Board shall adopt rules to implement this Section, including rules that specify (i) how each health care service is defined, if not already defined in the State Board's rules, and (ii) what constitutes a reduction in service of 50% or more.

(Source: P.A. 93-940, eff. 1-1-05.)

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