SB2336 Summary

• Amends the Hospital Licensing Act Section 10.4 regarding medical staff privileges by making a technical change to reference language (replacing "the the" with "the").

• Requires hospitals to request licensure status and disciplinary action information from the Director of Professional Regulation before granting or renewing medical staff privileges, with exceptions for organ transplant personnel and those granted disaster privileges.

• Establishes minimum procedures for medical staff applications and adverse decisions, including written procedures, qualification criteria, explanations of adverse decisions, and fair hearing rights before an independent hearing panel.

• Provides liability protections for hospitals and medical staff who act in good faith when granting disaster privileges, except in cases of willful and wanton misconduct.

• Requires hospitals to report all adverse medical staff membership or clinical privilege decisions based substantially on economic factors to the Hospital Licensing Board before the decision takes effect.