93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5058


 
Introduced 02/05/04, by Susana Mendoza
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














20 ILCS 105/8.08 new






30 ILCS 105/5.625 new









    Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging.  Requires the Director of Aging, in coordination with the Director of Public Aid and the Director of Public Health, to analyze the distribution of housing, health services, and supportive services for seniors in each geographic area of the State and to identify and designate critical access service areas. Provides that, at the end of each State fiscal year, any unspent and unencumbered General Revenue Fund appropriations for long-term care for seniors  shall be deposited into the Alternative Long-Term Care Services for Seniors Fund.  Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be used to fund specified alternative long-term care services with priority given to the distribution of funds for services in critical access service areas.  Amends the State Finance Act to create the  Alternative Long-Term Care Services for Seniors Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Effective immediately.
















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HB5058

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    AN ACT concerning seniors.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Act on the Aging is amended  by 
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adding Section 8.08 as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 105/8.08  new)
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    Sec. 8.08. Critical access service areas; Alternative 
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Long-term Care Services for Seniors Fund.
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    (a)  By July 1, 2005, and every 5 years thereafter, the 
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Director of Aging, in coordination with the Director of Public 
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Aid and the Director of Public Health, shall analyze the 
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distribution of housing, health services, and supportive 
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services for seniors in each geographic area of the State, with 
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particular attention to service deficits or problems, and shall 
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identify and designate critical access service areas.   For the 
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purposes of this Section, "critical access service area" means 
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an area of the State that is being underserved with respect to 
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housing, health services, and supportive services, on the basis 
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of being more than 30 minutes travel time under normal driving 
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conditions from the next nearest provider or being the sole 
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provider located in an underserved area or health professional 
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shortage area.
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    (b) At the end of each State fiscal year, any unspent and 
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unencumbered General Revenue Fund appropriations for long-term 
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care for seniors, including nursing facilities, elderly 
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waivers, alternative care, and home care services, shall be 
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deposited into the Alternative Long-Term Care Services for 
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Seniors Fund,  a special fund hereby created in the State 
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treasury.  Moneys in the Fund, in addition to documented 
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reductions in nursing facility expenditures resulting from the 
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Nursing Facility Moratorium and Modernization Program, shall 
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be used to fund the following alternative long-term care 
 


 






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services, with priority given to the distribution of funds for 
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services in critical access service areas:
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        (1)   adult day services;
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        (2)   home health services;
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        (3)   homemaker services;
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        (4)   personal care;
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        (5)   case management;
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        (6)   respite care;
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        (7)   services provided under the Assisted Living and 
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    Shared Housing Act, sheltered care services that meet the 
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    requirements of the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, 
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    or services provided under Section 5-5.01a of the Public 
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    Aid Code, the Supportive Living Facilities Pilot Program;
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        (8)     emergency response services;
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        (9)     transition services;
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        (10)   residential care services;
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        (11)   care-related supplies and equipment;
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        (12)   meals delivered to the home;
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        (13)   congregate meals;
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        (14)   money management;
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        (15)   transportation;
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        (16)   companion services;
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        (17)   nutrition services;
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        (18)   family care services;
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        (19)   training for direct informal caregivers;
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        (20)   telemedicine devices to monitor recipients in 
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    their own homes as an alternative to hospital care, nursing 
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    home care, or home visits;
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        (21)  environmental modifications; and
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        (22)  other programs designed to assist older 
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    Illinoisans to remain independent and receive services in 
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    the most integrated setting possible for that person.
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    (d)  Nothing in this Section prevents a nursing facility 
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from being eligible to provide any of the services listed in 
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subsection (c).

 
 


 






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    Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding 
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Section
5.625 as follows:


 
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    (30 ILCS 105/5.625 new)


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    Sec. 5.625. The Alternative Long-Term Care Services for 
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Seniors Fund.

 

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