HEALTH FACILITIES-VARIOUS

Summary

The bill creates the Global Hospital Budget Authority as a division of the Illinois Department of Public Health and gives it a board that will set a yearly "global" budget for eligible hospitals. It allows hospitals to meet staffing rules through on‑site clinicians, affiliation agreements, telemedicine or rural waivers, and lets physicians be employed across all hospital branches if oversight requirements are met. The aim is to improve access, quality and cost control in Illinois health care.

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