SB 1114 Summary

• Amends the Municipal Health Facilities Corporations Act to allow local governmental units (counties, cities, villages) to sell or transfer ownership of health care facilities and services to business organizations, including for-profit entities, under specified conditions.

• Adds new definition of "business organization" to include domestic and foreign corporations, limited liability companies, and other entities, enabling transfers beyond nonprofit organizations.

• Establishes requirements for any sale or transfer of health care facilities, including mandatory 30-year compliance provisions ensuring facilities remain open to all persons regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual preference, or payment source.

• Requires prior approval from county board of commissioners, city council, or village council for sales or transfers involving more than 10% of gross revenues or where trustees of the selling organization have majority control of the acquiring business organization.

• Mandates employee protections including retention of all employees, continuation of collective bargaining agreements, and continued terms and conditions of employment when facilities are transferred to contractors or new owners.