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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5687
Introduced 2/6/2004, by Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Makes technical changes
in a Section concerning a license requirement.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5687 |
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LRB093 16645 DRJ 42296 b |
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| AN ACT concerning assisted living.
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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 Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act is |
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| amended by changing
Section 25 as follows:
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| (210 ILCS 9/25)
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| Sec. 25. License requirement. No person may establish, |
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| operate, maintain, or
offer an establishment as an assisted |
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| living establishment or shared housing
establishment as |
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| defined by this
the Act within this State unless and
until he |
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| or
she obtains a valid license, which remains unsuspended, |
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| unrevoked, and
unexpired. No public official, agent, or |
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| employee may place any person in, or
recommend that any person |
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| be placed in, or directly or indirectly cause any
person to be |
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| placed in any establishment that meets the definition under |
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| this
Act that is being operated without a valid license. No |
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| public official, agent,
or employee may place the name of an |
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| unlicensed establishment that is required
to be licensed under |
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| this Act on a list of programs. An entity that operates
as an |
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| assisted living or shared housing establishment as defined by |
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| this Act
without a license shall be subject to the provisions, |
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| including penalties, of
the Nursing Home Care Act. No entity |
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| shall use in its
name or advertise
"assisted living" unless |
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| licensed as an assisted living establishment under
this Act or |
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| as a shelter care facility under the Nursing Home Care Act that
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| also meets the definition of an assisted living establishment |
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| under this Act,
except that a shared housing establishment |
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| licensed under this Act may
advertise
assisted living services.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-141, eff. 7-10-03.)
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