77 Ill. Adm. Code 976.60
Grant Eligibility
Section 976.60 Grant Eligibility
To be eligible to apply for a grant, a hospital shall either
meet one of the requirements in subsection (a) or the requirements of
subsection (b) and shall meet the requirement of subsection (c).
a) To be
eligible to apply for a Safety Net Hospital Grant, a hospital shall be one of
the following:
1)
Any
general acute care hospital located in a county of over 3,000,000 inhabitants
that has a Medicaid inpatient utilization rate for the rate year beginning
October 1, 2008 greater than 43%, that is not affiliated with a hospital system
that owns or operates more than 3 hospitals, and that has more than 13,500
Medicaid inpatient utilization days
(Section 2310-640(b)(1) of the Act);
2)
Any
general acute care hospital that is located in a county of more than 3,000,000
inhabitants and has a Medicaid inpatient utilization rate for the rate year
beginning on October 1, 2008 greater than 55% and has authorized beds for the
obstetric-gynecology category of service as reported in the 2008 Annual
Hospital Bed Report, issued by the Illinois Department of Public Health
(Section 2310-640(b)(2) of the Act);
3)
Any
hospital that is defined in 89
Ill. Adm. Code
149.50(c)(3)(A) and that
has less than 20,000 Medicaid inpatient days
(Section 2310-640(b)(3) of the
Act);
4)
Any
general acute care hospital that is located in a county of less than 3,000,000
inhabitants and has a Medicaid inpatient utilization rate for the rate year
beginning on October 1, 2008 greater than 64%
(Section 2310-640(b)(4) of
the Act); or
5)
Any
general acute care hospital that is located in a county of over 3,000,000
inhabitants and a city of less than 1,000,000 inhabitants, that has a Medicaid
inpatient utilization rate for the rate year beginning October 1, 2008 greater
than 22%, that has more than 12,000 Medicaid inpatient days, and has a case mix
index greater than 0.71
(Section 2310-640(b)(5) of the Act).
b) Community
Hospital Grants. The Department will make capital grants to
any public or
not-for-profit hospitals
that:
1) are
located
in counties of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants
and
that are not
otherwise eligible for a
Safety Net Hospital
grant;
and
2)
have
a Medicaid inpatient utilization rate for the rate year beginning on October 1,
2008 of at least 10%.
(Section 2310-640(c) of the Act)
c) A
hospital that applies for a grant under this Part shall be licensed by the
Illinois Department of Public Health in accordance with the Hospital Licensing
Act. The license shall be valid and the hospital shall be in operation when
the grant application is submitted, when the grant agreement is executed and
when the project is complete.