Flinn Report. Illinois Regulation

              Illinois Regulation is a summary of the weekly regulatory decisions of State agencies published in the Illinois Register and action
taken by the Illinois General Assembly's Joint Committee on Administrative Rules. Illinois Regulation is designed to inform and
involve the public in changes taking place in agency administration.
VOL. 36 Issue 7
Regulation Illinois
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New Regulations
Proposed
Regulations
NEW REGULATIONS: Rules adopted by agencies this week.
PROPOSED REGULATIONS: Rules proposed by agencies this week, commencing a 45-day First Notice period. Public comments must be accepted
by the agency for the period of time indicated.
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Elaine Spencer, Editor Joint Committee on Administrative Rules 700 Stratton Office Bldg., Springfield IL 62706
Illinois General Assembly 217/785-2254 ilga.gov/commission/jcar
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BIRTH CENTERS
The HEALTH FACILITIES AND SER-VICES
REVIEW BOARD adopted
amendments for 2 Parts titled "Narra-tive
and Planning Policies" (77 Ill Adm
Code 1100; 35 Ill Reg 10415) and
"Processing, Classification Policies
and Review Criteria" (77 Ill Adm Code
1110; 35 Ill Reg 10442), effective 1/31/
12. Amendments to Part 1110 set
review criteria for a new birth center
model demonstration program autho-rized
by the Alternative Health Care
Delivery Act. A certificate of need
must be obtained from the Board
prior to establishing a birth center
model. Covered topics include re-quirements
for location, admission
policies, bed capacity, staffing avail-ability,
emergency surgical backup,
prenatal care and community educa-tion
services, inclusion in the perinatal
system, Medicare/Medicaid certifica-tion,
charity care criteria, and quality
assurance. Changes since 1st Notice
include private persons or entities (in
addition to hospitals and federally
qualified health centers) among the
entities that may own or operate birth
centers. Also, a requirement that birth
centers have "signed and dated agree-ments"
with community health care
services to provide specific education
services was changed to require a
"written narrative" explaining how pre-natal
care and education services of-fered
by the birth center will be coor-dinated
with other health services in
the community. Definitions of "birth
center" (10-bed maximum), "federally
qualified health center", and "perina-tal
center" are added to Part 1100.
Those affected by these 2 rulemakings
include hospitals.
Questions/requests for copies: Claire
Burman, HFSRB, 122 S. Michigan Ave.,
7th Floor, Chicago IL 60603 312/814-
4825, e-mail: Claire.Burman@illinois.
gov.
ILLINOIS AMERICORPS
The LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR re-pealed
rules titled "Illinois Americorps
Program" (47 Ill Adm Code 610; 35 Ill.
Reg. 15553), effective 2/2/12, in order
to implement a Public Act that trans-ferred
authority over the Illinois
Americorps program from the Office
of the Lieutenant Governor to the De-partment
of Human Services(DHS
adopted rules for the program on 9/
16/11.)
Questions/requests for copies: Mark
􀀩􂥔 TENURED TEACHER DISMISSALS
The STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
proposed amendments to its rules
titled "Dismissal of Tenured Teachers
under Article 24 and Dismissal of Ten-ured
Teachers and Principals under
Article 34 of the School Code" (23 Ill
Adm Code 226; 36 Ill Reg 2042) to
implement Public Act 97-8. The PA
establishes new dismissal procedures
for downstate tenured teachers (Ar-ticle
24) and for tenured teachers and
principals in Chicago Public Schools
(Article 34) for "other than honorable"
causes or reasons (e.g., misconduct
or unsatisfactory performance evalua-tion
ratings). The act and this
rulemaking create a streamlined op-tional
dismissal process for personnel
with poor performance ratings and
also shortens timelines for dismissal
procedures related to misconduct or
repeated poor performance. The
rulemaking divides the Part into stan-dard
dismissal procedures and op-tional
dismissal procedures, each with
separate rules applicable to down-state
districts or to Chicago. Stan-dard
dismissal procedures apply to
tenured teachers who are charged
with misconduct or receive a rating of
"unsatisfactory" or "needs improve-