Illinois Administrative Code › Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH › Part 976 - HOSPITAL CAPITAL INVESTMENTS › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 976.10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Act" means Section 2310-640 of the Department of Public
				  Health Powers and Duties Law.
"Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center" means any institution,
				  place or building licensed pursuant to the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center
				  Act.
"Architectural and Engineering Costs" means the costs
				  associated with the development and implementation of drawings and design
				  materials for a project.
"Authorized Beds" means the number of beds recognized at a
				  hospital as reflected in the Inventory of Health Care Facilities and Services
				  and Need Determinations from the Health Facilities and Services Review Board
				  (see 77 Ill. Adm. Code
				  1100.220 ).
"Calendar Day" means all days in a month or prescribed time
				  frame, including weekends and holidays.
"Capital Expenditure" means an expenditure that creates a
				  future benefit. A capital expenditure occurs when an entity acquires an asset
				  or adds to the value of an existing asset with a useful life that is beyond one
				  year. Under generally accepted accounting principles, capital expenditures are
				  costs that cannot be deducted in the year in which the asset was acquired. If
				  the asset has a useful life longer than one year, the capital expenditure cost
				  is depreciated over the life of the asset.
"Capital Lease" means a lease that is recognized as an asset
				  and liability. Under generally accepted accounting principles, this applies to
				  leases through which the entity acquires all of the economic benefits and risks
				  of the leased asset.
"Cash and Equivalents" means the most liquid assets in the
				  balance sheet. Equivalents are securities with maturities of less than three
				  months and can be sold with little or no loss of value.
"Case Mix Index" for a hospital shall mean either the case
				  mix index used in Section 5A-12.2(n) of the Illinois Public Aid Code or the
				  case mix index used under the federal Medicare program as specified in the
				  Final Rule entitled, "Medicare Program: Changes to the Hospital Inpatient
				  Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2009 Rates" published in the
				  Federal Register on August 19, 2008, whichever is greater.
"Category of Service" shall have the meaning ascribed in the
				  Health Facilities and Services Review Board's rules (see 77 Ill. Adm. Code
				  1100.220).
"Certificate of Exemption" or "COE" is an exemption issued by
				  the Health Facilities and Services Review Board for construction or
				  modification of a health care facility.
"Certificate of Need" or "CON" is a permit issued by the
				  Health Facilities and Services Review Board for construction or modification of
				  a health care facility.
"Change of Ownership" shall have the meaning ascribed in the
				  Health Facilities and Services Review Board's rules (see 77 Ill. Adm. Code
				  1130.140 ).
"Changes the Bed Capacity of Health Care Facility" means
				  increasing the total number of beds or by distributing beds among various
				  categories of service or by relocating beds from one physical facility or site
				  to another by more than 20 beds or more than 10% of total bed capacity,
				  whichever is less. (Section 5(c) of the Illinois Health Facilities Planning
				  Act)
"Children's Hospital" means a hospital that is devoted
				  exclusively to care for children (see 89 Ill. Adm. Code
				  149.50(c)(3)(A)
				   ).
"Clinical Service Area" shall have the meaning ascribed in
				  the Health Facilities and Services Review Board's rules (see 77 Ill. Adm. Code
				  1130.140).
"Construction" or "Modernization" means the establishment,
				  building, alteration, reconstruction, modernization, or improvement of a
				  hospital.
"Construction Costs" or "Modernization Costs" means expenses
				  from a construction contract.
"Contingencies" means an allowance for unforeseeable events
				  relating to the construction or modernization component of a project.
"Control" shall have the meaning ascribed in the Health
				  Facilities and Services Review Board's rules (see 77 Ill. Adm. Code
				  1130.140).
"Debt Financing" means all or a portion of a project's costs
				  financed through borrowing. For purposes of this Part, leasing is considered
				  borrowing.
"Department" means theDepartment of Public Health. (Section
				  2310-5 of the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law)
"Depreciation" means the reduction in the balance sheet value
				  of an asset to reflect its loss of value through age and use.
"Depreciation Schedule" means the annual apportionment of the
				  depreciable cost of an asset to future accounting periods.
"Discontinue" shall have the meaning ascribed in the Health
				  Facilities and Services Review Board's rules (see 77 Ill. Adm. Code
				  1130.140).
"Director" means the Director of Public Health. (Section
				  2310-5 of the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law)
"Due Diligence" means to take action toward the completion of
				  a project with the diligence and foresight that persons of ordinary prudence
				  and care would exercise under similar circumstances.
"Establish" or "Establishment" shall have the meaning
				  ascribed in the Health Facilities and Services Review Board's rules (see 77
				  Ill. Adm. Code 1130.140).
"Estimated Total Project Cost" means all of the capital
				  expenditures required to complete a project.
"Equipment Cost" means the cost of movable equipment,
				  including movable medical equipment, and the cost of making this equipment
				  operational (e.g., installation costs).
"General Acute Care Hospital" shall have the meaning ascribed
				  in both Section 5A-12.2 of the Illinois Public Aid Code (Section 2310-640(e) of
				  the Act) and the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services' rules
				  (see 89 Ill. Adm. Code
				  148.458(a)
				  ).
"Grant Agreement" means the agreement entered into between
				  the Department and the grantee setting forth the terms and conditions of a
				  grant award.
"Grant Funds" means public funds dispensed by the Department
				  to any person or entity for obligation, capital expenditure, or use for a
				  specific purpose.
"Grantee" means a recipient of a grant under this
				  Part.
"Hospital" shall have the meaning ascribed in Section 3 of
				  the Hospital Licensing Act, but in no event shall it include a hospital owned
				  or operated by a State agency, a State university, or a county with a
				  population of 3,000,000 or more. (Section 2310-640(e) of the Act)
"Hospital System" means a group of hospitals, facilities and
				  organizations engaged in providing health care within a geographical
				  area.
"Medicaid Inpatient Day" shall have the meaning ascribed in
				  Section 5A-12.2(n) of the Illinois Public Aid Code. (Section 2310-640(e) of the
				  Act)
"Medicaid Inpatient Utilization Rate" shall have the meaning
				  ascribed in 89 Ill. Adm. Code
				  148.20(i)(4)
				  for the rate year beginning on October 1, 2008. (Section 2310-640(e) of the
				  Act)
"Not-for-Profit Hospital" means a hospital that is subject to
				  Sections
				  101.80(m)
				  and 103.05(a) of the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986.
"Obligation" or "Obligated" means that the project has
				  commenced and is proceeding with due diligence and that the grantee is meeting
				  the time frame requirements outlined in the grant application and in Section
				  976.190.
"Preplanning Costs" means costs incurred prior to the
				  commencement of a project, including bid solicitations, legal fees, and
				  feasibility studies.
"Project Completion" means that the project has been brought
				  to a conclusion based on the objectives in the grant application and has met
				  all applicable requirements of the Hospital Licensing Act and the Illinois
				  Health Facilities Planning Act.
"Public Hospital" means a hospital owned by a Hospital
				  District or other public agency (see Section 3(b) of the Hospital District
				  Law).
"Rural" shall have the meaning ascribed in 89 Ill. Adm. Code
				  148.25(g)(3).
				  (Section 2310-640(e) of the Act)
"Scrap Value" means the minimal worth of an asset after it is
				  depreciated.
"Site Preparation" means costs for the preparation of a site
				  for construction or modernization, including site drainage, utilities,
				  demolition of existing structures, clearing, grading, and earthwork.
"Substantially Changes the Scope or Changes the Functional
				  Operation of the Facility" shall have the meaning ascribed in the Health
				  Facilities and Services Review Board's rules (see 77 Ill. Adm. Code
				  1130.140).
"Urban" shall have the meaning ascribed in 89 Ill. Adm. Code
				  148.25(g)(4).
				  (Section 2310-640(e) of the Act)