HOSPITAL-CLOSURE AND REOPENING

Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Provides that the term "health care facilities" does not include a facility licensed as a hospital under the Hospital Licensing Act that reopens under new ownership at the same location within 36 months of the facility's closure. Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that any hospital that has closed for any reason, except for license revocation by the Department of Public Health for failure to comply with the Act, may reopen under new ownership or management, or both, within 3 years of its closing date without reapplying for a license under the Act if the facility is reopening at the same location and in the same physical structure. Effective immediately.