Public Act 095-0380
 		





SB0640 Enrolled
LRB095 10766 DRJ 31088 b






    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended  by changing 
Section 1-113 as follows:
 



    (210 ILCS 45/1-113)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4151-113)



    Sec. 1-113. "Facility" or "long-term care facility" means a 
private home,
institution, building, residence, or any other 
place, whether operated for
profit or not, or a county home for 
the infirm and chronically ill operated
pursuant to Division 
5-21 or 5-22 of the Counties Code, or any similar
institution 
operated by a political subdivision of the State of Illinois, 
which
provides, through its ownership or management, personal 
care, sheltered care or
nursing for 3 or more persons, not 
related to the applicant or owner by blood
or marriage.  It 
includes skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care

facilities as those terms are defined in Title XVIII and Title 
XIX of the
Federal Social Security Act.
It also includes homes, 
institutions, or
other places operated by or under the 
authority of the Illinois Department of
Veterans' Affairs.

    "Facility" does not include the following:

        (1) A home, institution, or other place operated by the 
    federal government
or agency thereof, or by the State of 
    Illinois, other than homes,
institutions, or other places 
    operated by or under the authority of the
Illinois 
    Department of Veterans' Affairs;

        (2) A hospital, sanitarium, or other institution whose 
    principal activity
or business is the diagnosis, care, and 
    treatment of human illness through
the maintenance and 
    operation as organized facilities therefor, which is

    required to be licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act;

        (3) Any "facility for child care" as defined in the 
    Child Care Act of
1969;

        (4) Any "Community Living Facility" as defined in the 
    Community Living
Facilities Licensing Act;

        (5) Any "community residential alternative" as defined

    in the Community Residential Alternatives Licensing Act;

        (6) Any nursing home or sanatorium operated solely by 
    and for persons
who rely exclusively upon treatment by 
    spiritual means through prayer, in
accordance with the 
    creed or tenets of any well-recognized church or
religious 
    denomination. However, such nursing home or sanatorium 
    shall
comply with all local laws and rules relating to 
    sanitation and safety;

        (7) Any facility licensed by the Department of Human 
    Services as a
community-integrated living arrangement as

    defined in the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements 
    Licensure and
Certification Act;

        (8) Any "Supportive Residence" licensed under the 
    Supportive
Residences Licensing Act;

        (9) Any "supportive living facility" in good standing 
    with the program established under Section 5-5.01a of the 
    Illinois Public Aid Code, except only for purposes of the 
    employment of persons in accordance with Section 3-206.01;

        (10) Any assisted living or shared housing 
    establishment licensed under
the Assisted Living and 
    Shared Housing Act, except only for purposes of the 
    employment of persons in accordance with Section 3-206.01; 
    or

        (11) An Alzheimer's disease management center 
    alternative health care
model licensed under the 
    Alternative Health Care Delivery Act.

(Source: P.A. 94-342, eff. 7-26-05.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.