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HB2827*LRB10330778RJT58437a* EnrolledRep. LRB103 30778 CPF 57265 b AN ACT concerning health.
BeTheresa itMah enactedFiled: by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:
Section3/15/2023 5.10300HB2827ham001 LRB103 30778 RJT 58437 a AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2827 AMENDMENT NO.
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Amend House Bill 2827 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5.
10300HB2827ham001 -2- LRB103 30778 RJT 58437 a "Director" means the Director of the Department of Public Health.
(ii) a health care professional HB2827 Enrolled - 2 - LRB103 30778 CPF 57265 b partnership, corporation, limited liability company, professional services corporation or group practice;
"Recredentialing" means the process by which a health care entity, health care plan or hospital ensures that a health care professional who is currently credentialed by the health 10300HB2827ham001 -3- LRB103 30778 RJT 58437 a care entity, health care plan or hospital continues to meet the credentialing criteria used by the health care entity, health care plan, or hospital no more than once every 3 2 years.
"Single credentialing cycle" means a process whereby for purposes of recredentialing each health care professional's credentials data are collected by all health care entities and HB2827 Enrolled - 3 - LRB103 30778 CPF 57265 b health care plans that credential the health care professional during the same time period and only once every 3 2 years.
"Uniform hospital credentials form" means the form 10300HB2827ham001 -4- LRB103 30778 RJT 58437 a prescribed developed by the Department under Section 15 to collect the credentials data commonly requested by hospitals for purposes of credentialing.
HB2827 Enrolled - 4 - LRB103 30778 CPF 57265 b "Uniform site survey instrument" means the instrument developed by the Department under Section 25 to complete a single site survey as part of a credentialing or recredentialing process.
(1) a uniform health care credentials form that shall include the credentials data commonly requested by health 10300HB2827ham001 -5- LRB103 30778 RJT 58437 a care entities and health care plans for purposes of credentialing and shall minimize the need for the collection of additional credentials data;
(2) a uniform health care recredentials form that shall include the credentials data commonly requested by health care entities and health care plans for purposes of recredentialing and shall minimize the need for the HB2827 Enrolled - 5 - LRB103 30778 CPF 57265 b collection of additional credentials data;
Further, the forms shall be made available in both paper and electronic formats 10300HB2827ham001 -6- LRB103 30778 RJT 58437 a upon request and in the format requested.
(c) The Department, in consultation with the council, shall establish by rule a process for the submittal of forms in an a date after which an electronic format with required content for may be required by a health care entity, a health care plan, or a hospital, and a health care professional may require acceptance of forms in an electronic format by a HB2827 Enrolled - 6 - LRB103 30778 CPF 57265 b health care entity, a health care plan, or a hospital.
10300HB2827ham001 -7- LRB103 30778 RJT 58437 a (2) the uniform hospital recredentials form;
(f) Each health care entity and health care plan shall complete the process of verifying a health care professional's HB2827 Enrolled - 7 - LRB103 30778 CPF 57265 b credentials data in a timely fashion and shall complete the process of credentialing or recredentialing of the health care professional within 60 days after submission of all credentials data and completion of verification of the credentials data.
10300HB2827ham001 -8- LRB103 30778 RJT 58437 a (h) Any credentials data collected or obtained by the health care entity, health care plan, or hospital shall be confidential, as provided by law, and otherwise may not be redisclosed without written consent of the health care professional, except that in any proceeding to challenge credentialing or recredentialing, or in any judicial review, the claim of confidentiality shall not be invoked to deny a HB2827 Enrolled - 8 - LRB103 30778 CPF 57265 b health care professional, health care entity, health care plan, or hospital access to or use of credentials data.
10300HB2827ham001 -9- LRB103 30778 RJT 58437 a (k) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit delegation of credentialing and recredentialing activities as long as the delegated entity follows the requirements set forth in this Act.
HB2827 Enrolled - 9 - LRB103 30778 CPF 57265 b (m) Nothing in this Act prohibits a hospital from granting disaster privileges pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.4 of the Hospital Licensing Act.
However, nothing in this Act shall be construed to require the single credentialing cycle to be established to ensure that 10300HB2827ham001 -10- LRB103 30778 RJT 58437 a the credentials data of all health care professionals in a group or at a single site are collected during the same time period.
HB2827 Enrolled - 10 - LRB103 30778 CPF 57265 b (c) The Department, in consultation with the council, shall by rule establish a process to exempt a small or unique health care entity or small or unique health care plan from the single credentialing cycle if the health care entity or health care plan demonstrates to the Department that adherence to the single credentialing cycle would be an undue hardship for the health care entity or health care plan.
10300HB2827ham001 -11- LRB103 30778 RJT 58437 a (a) The Department, in consultation with the council, shall by rule establish a uniform site survey instrument taking into account national accreditation standards and State requirements.
(b) No later than July 1, 2002, the Department, in HB2827 Enrolled - 11 - LRB103 30778 CPF 57265 b consultation with the council, shall publish, in rule, the variable or variables for completing the single site survey.
10300HB2827ham001 -12- LRB103 30778 RJT 58437 a (e) Nothing in this Section prohibits health care entities and health care plans from choosing the independent party to conduct the single site survey.
HB2827 Enrolled - 12 - LRB103 30778 CPF 57265 b (a) The Department, in consultation with the council, shall study the need for coordinated credentials data verification.
10300HB2827ham001 -13- LRB103 30778 RJT 58437 a (Source:
The Health Care Professional Credentials Data Collection Act is amended by repealing Section 10.10.".
This Act takes effect upon becoming law.law.".