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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4342 Introduced 1/29/2020, by Rep. Thomas M. Bennett SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Allows long-term care facilities to provide an opioid treatment program if they receive written approval from the Department of Public Health. Provides requirements for such an opioid treatment program.
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| | HB4342 | | LRB101 17393 CPF 66798 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 2-218 as follows:
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| 6 | | (210 ILCS 45/2-218 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2-218. Opioid treatment program. |
| 8 | | (a) A long-term care facility that desires to provide an |
| 9 | | opioid treatment program must first receive written approval |
| 10 | | from the Department. The approval shall be granted only if it |
| 11 | | can be shown that the program will not interfere in any way |
| 12 | | with the residents in the other parts of the facility. |
| 13 | | (b) The opioid treatment program must be in a completely |
| 14 | | separate and distinct part of the long-term care facility and |
| 15 | | must include all beds in that separate and distinct part. It |
| 16 | | must be completely separated from the rest of the facility and |
| 17 | | have separate entrances. |
| 18 | | (c) Beds designated for opioid treatment shall not be used |
| 19 | | for long-term care residents, nor shall beds designated for |
| 20 | | long-term care residents be used for residents undergoing |
| 21 | | treatment for opioids. |
| 22 | | (d) The opioid treatment program staff shall not be |
| 23 | | utilized in performing services in the long-term care area of |