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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 733
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 733, AS AMENDED, as
3 follows:
4 by replacing the title with the following:
5 "AN ACT to amend the Health Care Facilities Planning Act
6 by changing Section 4."; and
7 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
8 following:
9 "Section 5. The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act
10 is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
11 (20 ILCS 3960/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1154)
12 Sec. 4. Health Facilities Planning Board. There is
13 created the Health Facilities Planning Board, which shall
14 perform the such functions as hereinafter described in this
15 Act.
16 The State Board shall consist of 15 voting members,
17 including: 8 consumer members; one member representing the
18 commercial health insurance industry in Illinois; one member
19 representing proprietary hospitals in Illinois; one member
20 who is actively engaged in the field of hospital management;
21 one member who is a professional nurse registered in
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1 Illinois; one member who is a physician in active private
2 practice licensed in Illinois to practice medicine in all of
3 its branches; one member who is actively engaged in the field
4 of skilled nursing or intermediate care facility management;
5 and one member who is actively engaged in the administration
6 of an ambulatory surgical treatment center licensed under the
7 Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act.
8 The State Board shall be appointed by the Governor, with
9 the advice and consent of the Senate. In making the
10 appointments, the Governor shall give consideration to
11 recommendations made by (1) the professional organizations
12 concerned with hospital management for the hospital
13 management appointment, (2) professional organizations
14 concerned with long term care facility management for the
15 long term care facility management appointment, (3)
16 professional medical organizations for the physician
17 appointment, (4) professional nursing organizations for the
18 nurse appointment, and (5) professional organizations
19 concerned with ambulatory surgical treatment centers for the
20 ambulatory surgical treatment center appointment, and shall
21 appoint as consumer members individuals familiar with
22 community health needs but whose interest in the operation,
23 construction or utilization of health care facilities are
24 derived from factors other than those related to his
25 profession, business, or economic gain, and who represent, so
26 far as possible, different geographic areas of the State. Not
27 more than 8 of the appointments shall be of the same
28 political party.
29 The Secretary of Human Services, the Director of Public
30 Aid, and the Director of Public Health, or their designated
31 representatives, shall serve as ex-officio, non-voting
32 members of the State Board.
33 Of those appointed by the Governor as voting members,
34 each member shall hold office for a term of 3 years:
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1 provided, that any member appointed to fill a vacancy
2 occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his
3 predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the
4 remainder of such term and the term of office of each
5 successor shall commence on July 1 of the year in which his
6 predecessor's term expires. In making original appointments
7 to the State Board, the Governor shall appoint 5 members for
8 a term of one year, 5 for a term of 2 years, and 3 for a term
9 of 3 years, and each of these terms of office shall commence
10 on July 1, 1974. The initial term of office for the members
11 appointed under this amendatory Act of 1996 shall begin on
12 July 1, 1996 and shall last for 2 years, and each subsequent
13 appointment shall be for a term of 3 years. Each member
14 shall hold office until his successor is appointed and
15 qualified.
16 State Board members, while serving on business of the
17 State Board, shall receive actual and necessary travel and
18 subsistence expenses while so serving away from their places
19 of residence. In addition, while serving on business of the
20 State Board, each member shall receive compensation of $150
21 per day, except that such compensation shall not exceed
22 $7,500 in any one year for any member.
23 The State Board shall provide for its own organization
24 and procedures, including the selection of a Chairman and
25 such other officers as deemed necessary. The Director, with
26 concurrence of the State Board, shall name as full-time
27 Executive Secretary of the State Board, a person qualified in
28 health care facility planning and in administration. The
29 Agency shall provide administrative and staff support for the
30 State Board. The State Board shall advise the Director of
31 its budgetary and staff needs and consult with the Director
32 on annual budget preparation.
33 The State Board shall meet at least once each quarter, or
34 as often as the Chairman of the State Board deems necessary,
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1 or upon the request of a majority of the members.
2 Eight members of the State Board shall constitute a
3 quorum. The affirmative vote of 8 of the members of the
4 State Board shall be necessary for any action requiring a
5 vote to be taken by the State Board. A vacancy in the
6 membership of the State Board shall not impair the right of a
7 quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties
8 of the State Board as provided by this Act.
9 (Source: P.A. 89-674, eff. 8-14-96; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)".