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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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9. Kinetic Parameters for Maximum Production of Methane from Cattle Wastes — Vincent H. Varel, Graduate Research Assistant in Dairy Science, H. Ronald Isaacson, Research Associate in Dairy Science, and Marvin P. Bryant, Professor of Microbiology in Dairy Science, Urbana, inventors. University Patents, Inc., reported that no substantial patent protection is available for this idea. T h e University Patent Committee therefore recommends that this invention be released to the inventors. O n m o t i o n of M r . H o w a r d , these r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e a p p r o v e d .

University of Illinois Hospital Master Plan for Physical Facilities, Medical Center

(12) T h e Chancellor at the Medical Center campus has recommended approval of a "University of Illinois Hospital Master Plan for Physical Facilities" and its transmittal to the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board. T h e document (a copy of which is filed with the Secretary of the Board) presents a physical facilities plan for the hospital through FY 1978. It has been prepared to fulfill the requirement of the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board, under authority of Public Law 78-1156. 1 The plan includes the required background, statistical, and financial information. An identification of proposed capital projects for three years is included. T h e projects are identified in order to comply with particular rules of the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board. However, adoption of the hospital master plan by the Board of Trustees does not commit the University to implementing these projects. Regulations of the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board also require an annual update of the plan. T h e Vice President for Administration and the Vice President for Academic Affairs concur in the recommendation. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r s . R a d e r , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d .

Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board

The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board was created in 1974 under Illinois Public Law 78-1156 as the State "Certificate of Need Agency." Its purpose is " t o reverse the trends of increasing costs of health care resulting from unnecessary construction or modification of health care facilities." Pursuant to its legislative authority, the Board has devised a procedure whereby it approves all construction, remodeling, and acquisition of equipment above a minimum level of funds. A health care facility which proceeds with construction, etc., without a permit is subject to fines authorized by the act and may not receive reimbursement for the expenditures from third-party payers. T h e major process promulgated by the Board to achieve its stated aims is that of receiving applications for proposed expenditures and forwarding them to local health planning organizations. These groups, after holding public hearings on the proposals, forward a recommendation to the Board, which makes a final determination on the application. There is no provision for exemption of projects sponsored by the University of Illinois or any other public agency. The entire process takes several months, a process experienced by the University in obtaining approval for the construction of the replacement hospital. Another requirement is the annual preparation and submission of a hospital master plan to be approved by the hospital's governing board. This plan is also sent to various State and local agencies for review and comment.

1 Following is a summary of the statutory authority of the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board and its principal functions.