Public Act 103-0127
 
HB1558 EnrolledLRB103 27096 CPF 53464 b


  
    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and 
Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 
amended  by changing Section 2310-130 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 2310/2310-130)  (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.82)
    Sec. 2310-130. Long term care surveyors; surveyor 
development unit Medicare or Medicaid certification fee;

Health Care Facility and Program Survey
Fund.  To establish and 
charge a fee to any facility or program applying to be

certified to participate in the Medicare
program under Title 
XVIII of the federal Social Security Act or in the Medicaid

program under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act to 
cover the costs
associated with the application, inspection, 
and survey of the facility or
program and processing of the 
application.  The Department shall establish
the
fee by rule, 
and the fee shall be based only on those application,

inspection,
and survey and processing costs not reimbursed to 
the State by the federal
government.  The fee shall be paid by 
the facility or program before the
application is processed.
    The fees received by the Department under this Section 
shall be
deposited into the Health Care Facility and Program 
Survey Fund, which is
hereby created as a special fund in the 
State treasury.  Moneys in the Fund
shall be appropriated to 
the Department and may be used for any costs incurred
by the 
Department, including personnel costs, in the processing of

applications for Medicare or Medicaid certification.
    Beginning July 1, 2011, the Department shall employ a 
minimum of one surveyor for every 500 licensed long term care 
beds. Beginning July 1, 2012, the Department shall employ a 
minimum of one surveyor for every 400 licensed long term care 
beds. Beginning July 1, 2013, the Department shall employ a 
minimum of one surveyor for every 300 licensed long term care 
beds. 
    The Department shall establish a surveyor development unit 
funded from money deposited in the Long Term Care 
Monitor/Receiver Fund. 
(Source: P.A. 96-1372, eff. 7-29-10; 97-489, eff. 1-1-12.)