HOSPITAL LICENSING FEES House SponsorsRep. Mary E. Flowers 1/11/2011HouseSession Sine Die 30 ILCS 105/5.755 new210 ILCS 85/6from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 147 Amends the State Finance Act and the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that applicants for a license to open, conduct, and maintain a hospital, shall be required to pay an initial licensing fee of no less than $1,000 and an annual renewal fee of no less than $300, and that any hospital facility or licensee that has permitted its license to lapse or that fails to pay the annual renewal fee within a timeframe established by the Department of Public Health shall pay a restoration fee of no less than $100 and a lapsed renewal fee not to exceed $600. Further provides that all fees collected shall be deposited into the Improved Access to Health Care Fund, a special fund created in the State treasury, and that money contained in or credited to the fund shall be used for improving access to health care. Effective immediately. 2/4/2010HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers 2/5/2010HouseFirst Reading 2/5/2010HouseReferred to Rules Committee 2/16/2010HouseAssigned to Health Care Licenses Committee 3/15/2010HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee 1/11/2011HouseSession Sine Die