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post-hospital care, whenever a
patient who qualifies for the
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federal Medicare program is hospitalized, the patient shall be |
notified
of discharge at least
24 hours prior to discharge from
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the hospital. With regard to pending discharges to a skilled |
nursing facility or if home health services are ordered, the |
hospital must inform its designated case coordination unit, as |
defined in 89 Ill. Adm. Code 240.260, of the pending discharge |
and must provide the patient with the case coordination unit's |
telephone number and other contact information.
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(b) Every hospital shall develop procedures for a physician |
with medical
staff privileges at the hospital or any |
appropriate medical staff member to
provide the discharge |
notice prescribed in subsection (a) of this Section. The |
procedures must include prohibitions against discharging or |
referring a patient to any of the following if unlicensed, |
uncertified, or unregistered: (i) a board and care facility, as |
defined in the Board and Care Home Registration Act; (ii) an |
assisted living and shared housing establishment, as defined in |
the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act; (iii) a facility |
licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act; (iv) a supportive |
living facility, as defined in Section 5-5.01a of the Illinois |
Public Aid Code; or (v) a free-standing hospice facility |
licensed under the Hospice Program Licensing Act if licensure, |
certification, or registration is required. The Department of |
Public Health shall annually provide hospitals with a list of |
licensed, certified, or registered board and care facilities, |
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assisted living and shared housing establishments, nursing |
homes, supportive living facilities, and hospice facilities. |
Reliance upon this list by a hospital shall satisfy compliance |
with this requirement.
The procedure may also include a waiver |
for any case in which a discharge
notice is not feasible due to |
a short length of stay in the hospital by the patient,
or for |
any case in which the patient voluntarily desires to leave the
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hospital before the expiration of the
24 hour period.
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(c) At least
24 hours prior to discharge from the hospital, |
the
patient shall receive written information on the patient's |
right to appeal the
discharge pursuant to the
federal Medicare |
program, including the steps to follow to appeal
the discharge |
and the appropriate telephone number to call in case the
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patient intends to appeal the discharge.
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(Source: P.A. 94-335, eff. 7-26-05.)
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Section 15. The Board and Care Home Registration Act is |
amended by changing Sections 1, 2a, 3, and 7 as follows:
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(225 ILCS 7/1)
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Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Board and |
Care Home Registration Act.
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(Source: P.A. 89-387, eff. 8-20-95.)
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(225 ILCS 7/2a)
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Sec. 2a. Staff. The staff of the facility may provide room,
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housekeeping, meals, protective oversight and other types of |
assistance to the
residents, as permitted under the Assisted |
Living and Shared Housing Act.
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(Source: P.A. 89-387, eff. 8-20-95.)
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(225 ILCS 7/3)
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Sec. 3. Licensure
Registration.
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(a) Every board and care home located in this
State shall |
be licensed by
register with the Department. Registration shall |
be in the form
prescribed by the Department as a shared housing |
or assisted living establishment under the Assisted Living and |
Shared Housing Act.
and shall include the following:
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(1) The name, address, and telephone number of the |
facility.
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(2) The name, address, and telephone number of the |
owner of the facility.
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(3) The number of residents of the facility.
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(4) A registration fee, as determined, by the |
Department.
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(b) (Blank).
Every registration issued under this Act shall |
be valid for 2 years.
Upon
renewal, the facility must re-apply |
and meet the registration requirements
under this Section.
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(c) (Blank).
The Department shall promulgate rules to |
protect the rights and safety
of
the residents and to enforce |
the provisions of this Act.
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(d) No public official, agent, or employee may place any |
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person in, or recommend that any person be placed in, or |
directly or indirectly cause any person to be placed in any |
board and care home that is not licensed as an assisted living |
or shared housing establishment
registered. |
(e) No public official, agent, or employee may place the |
name of an unlicensed
unregistered establishment that is |
required to be licensed
registered under this Act on a list of |
programs. |
(f) Failure of a board and care home to comply with the |
provisions of this Section is punishable by a fine of up to |
$1,000. |
(g) Failure of a board and care home to comply with the |
provisions of this Section within 90 days after the initial |
finding of noncompliance is punishable by a fine of $1,000 on |
each day the provisions of this Section are not complied with.
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(Source: P.A. 94-21, eff. 1-1-06.)
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(225 ILCS 7/7)
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Sec. 7. Assisted Living and Shared Housing Regulatory Fund. |
All licensure
registration fees and fines collected pursuant to |
the provisions of this Act shall be deposited into the Assisted |
Living and Shared Housing Regulatory Fund. Subject to |
appropriation, moneys deposited into the Fund shall be used for |
the administration of this Act and the Assisted Living and |
Shared Housing Act.
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(Source: P.A. 94-21, eff. 1-1-06.)
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